Siegelman: Rove 'hijacked' the Dept. of Justice to win elections

[kpete]

Siegelman: Rove 'hijacked' the Dept. of Justice to win elections
Muriel Kane
Published: Wednesday April 23, 2008

In an extensive interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who was released from prison on bond last month pending an appeal of his conviction on corruption charges, laid the blame for his prosecution squarely on Karl Rove's "hijacking" of the federal Department of Justice.

"This is not about me, it's not about my case," Siegelman emphasized in his appearance on Air America's Ring of Fire, a show hosted by Kennedy and Mike Papantonio. "This is about America, and about a quest now that must be pursued to find out who was responsible for hijacking the Department of Justice and using it as a political tool to win elections. I believe that person that Congress will ultimately hold responsible is Karl Rove."

Siegelman noted that even before Republican whistleblower Dana Jill Simpson implicated Rove directly, "I suspected from the circumstantial evidence that Karl Rove was deeply involved in my prosecution. I mean, it was just so obvious that it was easy for me to put two and two together and connect those dots."

"I grew up with your father being the Attorney General," Siegelman told Kennedy, "and the heroic deeds that he did, and you know, you always thought that the Department of Justice was the last place that you could look to for justice and for fair play. But I think Karl Rove learned two things out of Watergate. ... He learned that you didn't have to create a secret plumbers unit within the White House when you had the Department of Justice. If you just appointed the right U.S. Attorneys, you could accomplish the same thing and more. And the second thing I think Rove learned was, you don't leave evidence behind like Nixon did with his tapes. You destroy e-mails."

The interview, conducted by Robert Kennedy Jr., follows, along with audio, and
more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Siegelman_Rove_hijacked_Dept._of_Justice_0423.html

[seemslikeadream]

1. Sounds so familar

"As I have said from the beginning, this story is not about me, there are many sources who have been waiting for the right time to come forward, I've probably never even heard of most of them, and now they are coming forward. This will play out like Watergate played out, with the drip, drip, drip. So I say to everyone 'Buckle up, there's much more coming.'"


http://lukery.blogspot.com/




Sibel Edmonds and other Whistleblowers Group
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=344

[caligirl]

2. the 5th vote. Must not getr side tracked by the Primary, Seigelman still needs our efforts.

[tblue37]

3. K&R n/t

[seafan]

4. Siegleman's testimony will send Karl Rove to prison. Cold, hard prison.

That slippery snake has escaped his deeds for decades. His time has come.


Rove is now a hunted animal.

'Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boy, bad boy.'


And there is nowhere to run.

[DCKit]

6. Rove didn't act alone. n/t

[Elspeth]

12. Important to remember that. Rove was just an agent. n/t

n/t

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[blm]

7. 2002's thefts were setting up the massive theft of 2004. And DNC sat and watched it happen

without counter - Terry McAuliffe betrayed every Dem voter and candidate throughout his 'stewardship' of the party machine.

[Kurovski]

8. K&R. (nt)

[midnight]

9. Thanks Kpete for posting info, about Siegelman....

He points out an obvious for anyone who survived Watergate. Karl Rove is a Watergate criminal.

[L. Coyote]

10. VIDEO: RFK, Jr. interview w/ Gov. Don Siegelman

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x120914

[L. Coyote]

11. READ THIS analysis. = on "Rove in State of Panic."

Some Reflections on "Rove in State of Panic." Are things what they seem?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3183926

..rawstory ... pop-ups and ads loading slow!!! Aeerrrgh.

[defendandprotect]

13. This should more accurately say: "....to STEAL elections . . . " ---- !!!!

[defendandprotect]

14. Let's keep thinking about the AGs who they didn't fire and what they've been up to --- !!