Kyle Whitmire: A Subpoena for GOP Financial Records

| December 19, 2012 

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Alabama’s attorney general has subpoenaed financial records from the State Republican Party, ones that show a company co-owned by House Speaker Mike Hubbard benefited from party spending. We talk about that with the Birmingham News’ Kyle Whitmire.

 

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