tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post1433153257574962214..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: The Rob Riley Gazette Speakslegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-2294211287919702322007-10-22T20:45:00.000-05:002007-10-22T20:45:00.000-05:00If you string the tidbits in the Pravda piece that...If you string the tidbits in the Pravda piece that mention Eddie Spivey together, you get the outline of something going on.<BR/><BR/>P3: "...claims made in a sworn affidavit that accused Siegelman supporters of possible voter fraud."<BR/><BR/>P4: "Riley described the claims to a young lawyer in that office named Troy King..."<BR/><BR/>P5: "After Riley took office, King became his legal adviser and the man who signed the affidavit about possible voter fraud received a state job handling security at the governor's mansion."<BR/><BR/>P6: The voter fraud case was closed after initial interviews, indicating that there was nothing to them.<BR/><BR/>P14: "...the affidavit signed and sworn by Eddie Spivey, who had worked with a consulting group on Siegelman's 2002 campaign."<BR/><BR/>P26: "Roth, who was the governor's chief of staff, said there were no promises made to Spivey when he signed the affidavit. He said Spivey received a $37,520-a-year job working security at the mansion..."<BR/><BR/>P27: "Spivey either lost his job or could not return to it after approaching the Riley campaign, Roth said."<BR/><BR/>P28: "I would say I think there was some sense of responsibility," Roth said of the decision to hire Spivey."<BR/><BR/>P29:"King said he later hired Spivey as an investigator in his office after Riley appointed him attorney general."<BR/><BR/>And the concluding statement:<BR/>"He was not hired by me because of anything like that," King said.<BR/><BR/>To summarize: A white Montgomery police officer, in all likelihood a republican, goes to work for a group working on the Siegelman campaign, provides republicans with groundless charges of voter fraud by Siegelman, loses his job, gets hired as guard at Governor's mansion, then moves up to an investigator's position in Troy King's office. <BR/><BR/>What do you think the chances are that he would be investigation Mississippi gambling money illegally moving into Riley's campaign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com