Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Lobbyists continue to flock to the federal courthouse today for their turn testifying before the federal grand jury. Here is video of lobbyist Joe Perkins with the Matrix Group and Rick Hertsill with Direct Communications entering the courthouse.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
A steady stream of lobbyists continue to march into the federal courthouse today. Lobbyist Don Gilbert testified before the Grand Jury this morning and following him was Johnny Moore a lobbyist for the Porch Creek Indians. See the video below.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Lobbyist Ferrell Patrick testified before the federal grand jury this morning. He was resistant to comment but here is his exit video.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Lobbyist Michael Sullivan spoke with FBI agents this morning at the federal courthouse in connection with the federal probe into bribery allegations at the AL State House.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Lobbyists return to Montgomery to testify before the federal grand jury. This morning at least 4 lobbyists have walked into the federal courthouse. See video below of Michael Sullivan, enterin the federal courthouse and Noope Cosby exiting. Cosby said he did not testify before the grand jury, he rather sat down with federal agents.
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Representative Steve Clouse arrived at the federal courthouse this afternoon around 1:45 for his 2:30 testimony with the grand jury. When Clouse exited the courthouse around 4:30 he told the media that he was not able to meet with the grand jury because of a backlog in testimonies. However, Clouse met with FBI and ABI [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Representative David Grimes (R) testified before a grand jury at the federal courthouse this afternoon in Montgomery. During his testimony, Grimes said that he heard a phone conversation recording between lobbyist Bob Geddie and VictoryLand owner Milton McGergor. Grimes said the conversation surrounded his vote on the BINGO legislation in the state house. Grimes also noted [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Kyle Shirley, employee of the Austin Group LLC, arrived at the courthouse this morning to verify documents. The Austin Group is owned by Montgomery lobbyist, Claire Austin.
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
Day 3 of grand jury testimonies at the federal courthouse in Montgomery. Representative Ben Lewis (R) completed his testimony after sitting with the grand jury for an hour and a half. Lewis told the media that he went to the FBI in March of 2009 after participating in a conversation that he felt was inappropriate. [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Erin Dixon
The final testomy of the day came from Sen. Scott Beason (R) who sat with the grand jury for a whopping hour and forty-five minutes. Beason said that in the spring of 2009 he had a conversation with a lobbyist at the AL State House that made him feel uncomfortable. He stated that after the conversation [...]
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