An Overview of First Day of Testimony in Hubbard Ethics Trial

| May 25, 2016 

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Testimony in the trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard continues. We look at how arguments are taking shape and the strange similarities in how the prosecution and defense describe Hubbard to the jury.

 

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