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Associated Press
Published: Thu, March 27, 2008 - 10:38 am
Last Updated: Thu, March 27, 2008 - 11:11 am
Last Updated: Thu, March 27, 2008 - 11:11 am
Justice Department to temporarily release former Alabama Gov. Don
Siegelman from prison to testify before Congress in early May about
possible political influence over his prosecution.
A spokeswoman for the committee said Thursday that Siegelman,
who is serving more than seven years in a Louisiana prison, would
travel to Washington under guard of the U.S. Marshals Service. She
said Committee Chairman John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, wants to
hear directly from Siegelman because lawmakers are having trouble
getting information elsewhere, including from the Justice
Department.
Siegelman, a Democrat, was elected governor in 1998 and served
one term. He was convicted on six bribery-related and one
obstruction of justice charge in 2006. Democrats last year began
reviewing the case as part of a broader investigation into
selective prosecution under the Bush administration.
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Why doesn’t the Michigan Democrat fly down to Louisiana and see him in prison. Would save a lot of taxpayer money.