Prosecutors and defense lawyers are offering jurors opposing views of Alabama House speaker Mike Hubbard as he stands trial on felony ethics charges. Prosecutors told jurors in opening statements Tuesday that Hubbard made some $2.3 million illegally off his elected office and past chairmanship of the Alabama GOP. But the defense argues that Hubbard was scrupulously honest, even asking for…
Prosecutors are laying out their case against indicted Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard. In opening statements Tuesday, prosecutor Matt Hart told jurors that Hubbard took contracts worth tens of thousands of dollars each month from companies that wanted to influence legislation. Hart said Hubbard needed the money because he was losing a job with the company that broadcasts Auburn University…
A jury has been picked for House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics trial scheduled to start next week. The panel of 12 jurors and four alternates is made up of five black men, four white men, four black women and three white women. Lee County Judge Jacob Walker on Wednesday instructed the panel not to discuss the high-profile case. Hubbard faces…
Jury selection is beginning in the ethics trial of the Alabama House speaker. Republican Speaker Mike Hubbard faces removal from office if convicted of felony charges that he used his current office and his past position as chairman of the Alabama Republican Party to benefit his printing and consulting companies. Hubbard says his lobbying and other transactions were both proper…
Some of the most prominent names in Alabama government will be testifying at House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics trial. Court records filed Tuesday show that subpoenas have been issued to Gov. Robert Bentley, former Gov. Bob Riley, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and multiple state legislators and lobbyists. The prominent witness list was expected. Hubbard faces 23 ethics charges…
A judge is refusing to delay next month’s scheduled ethics trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Friday denied a defense request to delay the trial until August. Walker says attorneys should be ready for jury selection the week of May 16. Opening arguments would start the following week. Defense lawyer Bill Baxley…
State prosecutors have indicated that they plan to bring up other accusations against Speaker Mike Hubbard during his ethics trial next month. Prosecutors in a Friday motion wrote that they plan to introduce evidence at trial that Hubbard, among other things, misrepresented advice he got from the ethics commission and had an agreement with lobbyists to receive things of value…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A judge has refused to dismiss ethics charges against House Speaker Mike Hubbard. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Tuesday rejected Hubbard’s request to dismiss the case for allegations of prosecutor misconduct. Walker, in a separate order, said lawyers should be ready to go to trial in mid-May. Walker’s decision perhaps ended the Republican speaker’s…
