By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former state representative in Alabama pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting cash, gifts and campaign money from a businessman and a lobbyist in exchange for political favors, the Justice Department said. Terry Spicer, 46, who had been cooperating with the government long before 11 arrests were made in a vote-buying investigation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds in Alabama will get a second bite out of the apple after their high-profile gambling corruption case imploded last week. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson set a retrial date of Oct. 3. However, he has not yet decided whether there will be more than one trial, the Associated Press…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary of Montgomery, Ala., who was appointed by President Bush in 2001, will step down on Friday, her office announced. Canary has served with the Justice Department since October, 1990 when she was hired as a trial attorney. In November 1994, she became an assistant U.S. Attorney for the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section which blew the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, may be screwing up a big public corruption case in Montgomery, Ala. Both cases involve allegations of withholding evidence from the defense. The Associated Press reports that an angry U.S. Magistrate Judge Wallace Capel Jr. is fed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors aren’t scoring any points with a federal judge in a bingo vote-buying case in Montgomery, Ala. The Birmingham News reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Wallace Capel Jr. on Tuesday threatened to sanction fed prosecutors for failing to turn over documents relating to FBI wiretaps. He ordered the government to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — States around the country are turning to the Justice Department for help in locating an execution drug, the Associated Press reports. AP reported that 13 states signed a letter sent to the Justice Department asking for help scoring sodium thiopental after the only U.S. manufacturer stopped producing it and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Four Alabama state legislators, three lobbyists, two business owners and one of their employees and an employee of legislature were indicted in a bribery scheme to promote legislation to legalize electronic bingo machines, the Justice Department announced Monday. “Today, charges were unsealed against 11 legislators, businessmen, lobbyists and associates who, together,…
