Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard isn’t scheduled to go on trial on felony ethics charges until March, but Alabama political watchers received an early helping of the courtroom fireworks this week with a pre-trial hearing. Lawyers for Hubbard are arguing the case should be thrown out because of selective prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct. Prosecutors say it’s all a distraction. We hear more about it from Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald.
Hubbard Pre-trial Hearing Ends Without Much New Revealed
Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn gavels in the regular session of the House of Representatives at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012