Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard convicted on 12 counts

[Eugene]

Source: AL.com

A Lee County jury today convicted Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard on 12 felony charges in his ethics case, removing Hubbard from office.

Hubbard, 54, was convicted after a jury spent seven hours deliberating whether he used his public position for personal gain.

Hubbard faces up to 20 years in prison for each ethics count. Sentencing is set for July 8.

The conviction came after a 12-day trial in which Hubbard took the stand for three days in his own defense.

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Read more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/house_speaker_mike_hubbard_con.html

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By Mike Cason
on June 10, 2016 at 9:04 PM, updated June 10, 2016 at 9:34 PM

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Thanks to dixiegrrrrl's thread for the heads-up.

[Warpy]

1. I love the way they avoid mentioning his party affiliation

He's Republican, of course.

I'm sure his appeals will keep him at home and enjoying his family and his ill gotten gains until he dies of extreme old age.

[rpannier]

2. Some how... Some way... Eventually

We'll be told how he is the real victim of misconduct or a vendetta by the prosecutor, the judge, the guy at the sanitation department, the local barfly... whatever
And of course, we should all respect his privacy and that he's rededicating his life to Jesus Christ who has already forgiven so f 0ff

[Warpy]

5. Oh, and he's abandoning his wife to marry his mistress after he gets out of rehab

That seems to be the ultimate GOP deodorant.

[alp227]

4. The AP national story about this case

mentions his affiliation in first paragraph: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ad5bb91252bb4207892e872dfbc60c3c

[Cryptoad]

9. another

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/us/michael-hubbard-alabama-house-speaker-is-convicted-of-12-felony-ethics-charges.html?smid=tw-share

[Festivito]

7. Hidden in LAST 3 paragraphs: "chairman of the state Republican Party in 2007" to 2011

One of the commenters assures us that Republicans and Democrats are cut from the same cloth. (Poor deluded masses!)

[Warpy]

8. Well, they were back in the early 60s in Alabama

and across much of Dixie. They were called "boll weevil Democrats" because they were insidious and destructive and generally supported the wrong thinking of the Republicans. They were the ones Nixon scooped up in 1968 because they didn't want black folks to be able to vote.

[cstanleytech]

3. One down but sadly there are many more left still in office and they are not just in Alabama

but all over the country.

[Cryptoad]

10. But, But ,,,, But,,,,,

he 's a "Obama Fighter" !
He was re-elected while under indictment
geeez

Sad part is people of Alabama think the rest of nation is just like them!

[tabasco]

11. Stupid assholes and the stupider assholes who vote for them.

How can this nation move forward when there are so many stupid assholes?