Justice Department Whistleblower Is Fired in Alabama

[sabra]

http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/07/justice-department-whistleblower-is.html

Justice Department Whistleblower Is Fired in Alabama

A U.S. Department of Justice whistleblower has been fired from her job after speaking out about wrongdoing in the Middle District of Alabama.

Tamarah Grimes, who served on the prosecution team in the case against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, received notice of her termination on June 9.

A legal aide in Montgomery, Alabama, Grimes first came to public attention last November after Adam Zagorin, of Time magazine, broke a story about her allegations of wrongdoing by the prosecution team in the Siegelman case.

Grimes provided documents to Justice Department watchdogs showing that Leura Canary, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, had stayed on the Siegelman case long after she had supposedly recused herself. Grimes also provided evidence of improper contacts between jurors and members of the prosecution team.

More recently, attorneys for Scrushy had requested permission to interview Grimes about allegations of prosecutorial misconduct during the Siegelman/Scrushy case. And on June 1, Grimes submitted a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, providing more details about misconduct in the Siegelman case.

Roughly one week after those two events, Grimes received notice of her termination.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. WTF???!!!

[hootinholler]

10. +1 n/t

[formercia]

3. Not a 'Team Player.'

Too dangerous to have on the 'inside.'

[cascadiance]

15. Hopefully she can use that line to keep her out of harms way...

... when the rest of that notorious cabal is arrested and put on trial for their corrupt and salacious actions. She'll be thankful to have their statement that she "wasn't a team player", to keep her out of the firing line if they try to drag her down with them when the time comes for REAL justice in Alabama!

[formercia]

21. A warning to others? n/t

[Hissyspit]

4. The cover-up is what gets them.

This action is part of the cover-up.

[Echo In Light]

5. K&R

[pleah]

6. K&R

[gademocrat7]

7. K & R

[madfloridian]

8. Legal Schnauzer has fought a great fight for Siegelman...mostly a lonely one.

Thanks Roger Shuler for all your posts at Legal Schnauzer and all the posts you make at Daily Kos that drop way too quickly.

[malaise]

9. This is just the beginning

Justice for Don Siegelman

[Stevepol]

11. Just a coincidence.

[Wednesdays]

12. K&R

:kick:

[conscious evolution]

13. Waht else did you expect from prezident bush?

Oh.I forgot.He is not the president anymore.

WTF!!

[pilsner]

14. Bet even KO and Maddow don't cover this

It ought to be a regular story on at least one of the MSNBC talking head shows under the banner "Miscarriage of Justice."

I never thought I'd say this but;

DAN ABRAMS, WHERE ARE YOU!!?

[Polemicist]

16. Dan's still busy at MSNBC...

Being Keith and Rachel's boss. And he is occasionally on air, Rachel interviewed him recently, due to his prior coverage and knowledge of the Micheal Jackson trial.

[Senator]

19. Actually, not so much anymore

He's http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/7/7/is_mediaite_medialite_maybe_theres_some.htm">up to something new:

Dan Abrams, the former general manager at MSNBC and current legal analyst at NBC News, launched Mediaite.com this week to moderate buzz among those same media outlets that it aims to torch.

Dunno about his replacement.

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[bertman]

17. Certainly this wasn't politically-motivated.

:mad:

If this doesn't bring the AG's office into the picture, I can't imagine what would.

Please, Ms. Grimes, do not fly in any small planes, visit your mom's garden shed, or eat any bad seafood.

[dmr]

18. I want to know why Bush* appointees still control the case

Why are they still on the payroll? Why haven't they been replaced?

Why hasn't "at the pleasure of the president" been used so we can have honorable people appointed in Alabama?

[barbtries]

20. this is so fucking wrong

where is our DOJ???

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

22. .

[fascisthunter]

23. I Want to See Justice Here... these slime balls down there...

need to find another career.

[kmac3]

24. K & R . . Keep this active . . .

If this is not appropriately looked into by Holder and Obama my trust in this new Administration and their promises for CHANGE drops another significant amount of points. THIS ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO ACT SWIFTLY AND SOON ON SUCH WRONGFUL EVENTS. BE THE PARTY OF CHANGE YOU PROMISED US!

[HOLOS]

25. OMG!!