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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gov. Don Siegelman returns to prison today. Meanwhile, the real crooks run free. [View all]
Siegelman made the mistake of being an honest Democrat in an age of warmongers. The scum of the earth "money trumps peace" crowd.
The Pork Barrel World of Judge Mark Fuller
by Scott Horton
Harpers
EXCERPT...
The recusal motion rested upon details about Fullers personal business interests. On February 22, 2007, defense attorneys obtained information that Judge Fuller held a controlling 43.75% interest in government contractor Doss Aviation, Inc. After investigating these claims for over a month, the attorneys filed a motion for Fullers recusal on April 18, 2007. The motion stated that Fullers total stake in Doss Aviation was worth between $1-5 million, and that Fullers income from his stock for 2004 was between $100,001 and $1 million dollars.
In other words, Judge Fuller likely made more from his business income, derived from U.S. Government contracts, than as a judge. Fuller is shown on one filing as President of the principal business, Doss Aviation, and his address is shown as One Church Street, Montgomery, Alabama, the address of the Frank M. Johnson Federal Courthouse, in which his chambers are located.
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http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/08/hbc-90000762
Doss Aviation is huge. And it's still just the tip of the dirty BFEE iceberg.
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Gov. Don Siegelman returns to prison today. Meanwhile, the real crooks run free. [View all]
Octafish
Sep 2012
OP
Thank you for keeping this story alive. We should not stop until this innocent man is
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#17
Thank you, sabrina1! Absolutely agree we should not stop until Justice is restored.
Octafish
Sep 2012
#20
Thank you, I've seen that many Republicans have joined in the effort to end this
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#21
Here is a link to the petition to President Obama to grant Siegelman a pardon
red dog 1
Sep 2012
#12