JULY 2 2007
Hints are that Noel Hillman will figure in emerging story of dealings
between the White House and PID. Hillman, promoted by Bush to
federal Judgeship while investigating Abramoff, will have direct impact
on the Siegelman Case.
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Fallout in Alabama(Enter Noel Hillman?)
Legal Schnauzer
How will fallout from the Siegelman case manifest itself? Horton (of
Harper's "No Comment") hints that a story is developing concerning
dealings between the Bush White House and the former head of the
Public Integrity Division (PID) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The former PID head in question probably is Noel Hillman, and
Horton says the story will have direct ramifications for the Siegelman
case. Bush nominated Hillman for a federal judgeship while Hillman
was in the midst of investigating the Jack Abramoff scandal. You will
recall that several Alabama Republicans, including sitting Governor
Bob Riley and fund-raiser Dax Swatek, have ties to Abramoff.
Will attention eventually be focused on corrupt Republican judges in
Alabama state courts? Time will tell. But the DOJ evidently takes
honest services mail fraud seriously. After all, that was at the heart of
the case against Siegelman.
Legal Schnauzer will be laying out a case of clear honest services
mail fraud against Republican judges and at least one attorney in
Alabama state courts. We'll see if the DOJ and its U.S. Attorneys in
Alabama have the same hunger to prosecute these members of the
GOP as they showed in the Siegelman case.
<more at Legal Schnauzer>
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Hints are that Noel Hillman will figure in emerging story of dealings
between the White House and PID. Hillman, promoted by Bush to
federal Judgeship while investigating Abramoff, will have direct impact
on the Siegelman Case.
..............................................................................................................
Fallout in Alabama(Enter Noel Hillman?)
Legal Schnauzer
How will fallout from the Siegelman case manifest itself? Horton (of
Harper's "No Comment") hints that a story is developing concerning
dealings between the Bush White House and the former head of the
Public Integrity Division (PID) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The former PID head in question probably is Noel Hillman, and
Horton says the story will have direct ramifications for the Siegelman
case. Bush nominated Hillman for a federal judgeship while Hillman
was in the midst of investigating the Jack Abramoff scandal. You will
recall that several Alabama Republicans, including sitting Governor
Bob Riley and fund-raiser Dax Swatek, have ties to Abramoff.
Will attention eventually be focused on corrupt Republican judges in
Alabama state courts? Time will tell. But the DOJ evidently takes
honest services mail fraud seriously. After all, that was at the heart of
the case against Siegelman.
Legal Schnauzer will be laying out a case of clear honest services
mail fraud against Republican judges and at least one attorney in
Alabama state courts. We'll see if the DOJ and its U.S. Attorneys in
Alabama have the same hunger to prosecute these members of the
GOP as they showed in the Siegelman case.
<more at Legal Schnauzer>
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| Jill Simpson Press Release 07-11-2007 <link> |
| Former Head of PID Noel Hillman |
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