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TexasTowelie

(112,099 posts)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:30 PM Nov 2021

Court must release the names of Mike Hubbard's cohorts

A cohort of co-conspirators aided former Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard in a scheme to use Alabama’s legislative process to gain a reduction in his 28-month sentence for felony violations of the state’s Ethics Act.

Like a mob boss, Hubbard’s grasp extends beyond his prison dorm.

In the court filing, some of Hubbard’s fellow plotters’ names were listed, but others cited in the court records remain anonymous to the public.

Who are the unnamed House members, senators, lobbyists and friends referred to in the court documents?

Hubbard is a crook and when he moved to subvert justice, it was not out of character. But what about those who assisted him in his plot?

Read more: https://www.alreporter.com/2021/11/22/opinion-court-must-release-the-names-of-mike-hubbards-cohorts/

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