Scandals and indictments: not just for Republicans any more…
Posted by R. Neal
EX-Ala. Governor, Hospital Exec Indicted:bribes "disguised payments" in exchange for appointing Scrushy to a state board which decides on hospital expansions. But here's the best part:
EX-Ala. Governor, Hospital Exec Indicted:
Federal prosecutors in Alabama have re-indicted two of the state's most recent high-profile defendants, former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy.According to the article, Siegelman is accused of accepting two $500,000
The indictments announced Wednesday, which included two other former state officials, accuse the men of belonging to what the government called a "widespread racketeering conspiracy."
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Siegelman, who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was charged with racketeering, fraud, bribery, extortion and obstruction of justice. The former governor was expected to turn himself in later this week.
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Siegelman, a Democrat, called the probe a political witch hunt by Republican prosecutors, saying the charges were made by "obsessed government officials who spent millions in tax dollars in a pathetic attempt to control the election for governor."
The charges come five months after Scrushy was acquitted of masterminding a $2.7 billion accounting fraud at HealthSouth. They also may complicate Siegelman's campaign to reclaim the governorship next year.Gee, you think?
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