Legal and Justice Department sources said the congressman defeated in Alabama’s Democratic gubernatorial primary could be offered the U.S. attorney’s job in Montgomery, a post left conspicuously unfilled.
Tag: public corruption
Baldwin County
County Commissioner Hospitalized as Investigators Probe Gulf Shores Shooting Death
Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine was under psychiatric care at Mobile Infirmary as Baldwin County detectives worked to determine how Angel Downs died outside her Gulf Shores townhouse.
Baldwin County
After Years of Reporting and Rewriting, Curran’s Siegelman Book Heads for Mobile Shelves
Mobile reporter Eddie Curran said his long-awaited book on covering Gov. Don Siegelman’s administration is finished and will reach bookstores within weeks, with the first signings planned in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
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Kenyen Brown Sworn In as the Southern District’s First Black U.S. Attorney
Kenyen Brown took the oath as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, becoming the first Black person to hold the post, with a public ceremony expected to follow within weeks.
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Bill Johnson Asks State Prosecutors to Investigate the Governor He Once Served
Gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson, a former Riley cabinet member, asked Alabama’s attorney general and a district attorney to investigate Gov. Bob Riley over contracts, a special session and casino money.
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Inside the Herman Thomas Trial: First Impressions From a Crowded Mobile Courtroom
The trial of former Mobile Circuit Judge Herman Thomas opened in October 2009 on more than 70 charges, with a retired judge presiding, a combative defense and a jury of 16 seated for a case expected to last weeks.
Baldwin County
A Familiar Face Returns: Tim Fuhrman Expected to Lead the FBI’s Mobile Office
Tim Fuhrman, who once served as assistant special agent in charge in Mobile, was expected to return as the head of the FBI’s Mobile office, succeeding Debra Mack after her early retirement.
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Son of the Late Lambert Mims Offers a Dissenting History of Mobile’s Corruption Years
In a lengthy letter, Dale Mims disputed a published account of Mobile’s era of political indictments, arguing the prosecutions of the 1970s and 1980s were shaped by displaced money and federal politics.
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Intrigue in the U.S. Attorney Sweepstakes, With Mobile’s Slot Still Open
A Mobile prosecutor once seen as the favorite for the Middle District post has watched the speculation move elsewhere, while four names continue to circulate for the U.S. attorney job in Mobile.
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Former Prosecutor Michel Nicrosi Joins Herman Thomas’s Legal Team
Mobile attorney Michel Nicrosi, who won an acquittal in the Siegelman corruption trial, joined the defense of former Judge Herman Thomas as the district attorney pressed a criminal investigation.