Emails Paint House Speaker as Eager to Make Money off his Office

| September 24, 2015 

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Political observers have been watching the lead up to Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s corruption trial in periodic salvos tossed from both sides.  Hubbard is scheduled to go on trial next year accused of using his public office for personal gain.  The latest bomb blast comes from prosecutors and they’re emails from Hubbard that Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald says paint the speaker as the worst kind of politician.

 

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