Justice Department Should Set Aside Siegelman Verdict

In response to a new story in The Huffington Post Wednesday about a conflict of interest on the part of the judge who presided in the federal case against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, attorney and whistle-blower Jill Simpson issued a rare, lengthy public statement today calling on the Obama Justice Department to immediately set aside the convictions of Siegelman and release his co-defendant Richard Scrushy from prison. In her statement, released in a breaking news story in The Locust Fork News Journal, she details misdeed on the part of the Bush Justice Department’s Public Integrity Division, including hiding evidence.