Tom Gordon reports for the Alabama News in an article titled, “Siegelman hires criminal lawyer.” Excerpt:
Gov. Don Siegelman has hired a prominent Birmingham criminal defense lawyer to investigate who leaked information about subpoenas issued for the governor’s personal financial records.
David Cromwell Johnson, who represented former Gov. Jim Folsom eight years ago in an ethics investigation, on Friday suggested, but stopped short of charging, that leaks could have come from the offices of Republican Attorney General Bill Pryor and Montgomery U.S. Attorney Leura Canary. Canary and Pryor’s offices have been investigating no-bid contracts issued by the Siegelman administration.
The Birmingham News reported Sunday that state and federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the governor’s financial records.
Johnson mailed letters Friday asking Pryor and Canary to investigate possible leaks in their offices and to give polygraph tests to all members of their staffs.