don siegelman was sworn in as governor of alabama in january nineteenth in for the start of his term his republican opponents set out to take him down by any means necessary siegelman a democrat in a very red state drew the ire of republicans in alabama so they turned to dirty tricks master call rove the architect behind george w. bush's entire presidency rove or the republican operatives came up with a plan to have siegelman investigated for alleged bribery after he pointed a campaign donor named richard scrushy to a position of the state hospital board and it was a position that screw she had already held under several republican governors from the very beginning it was obvious that these charges would never stick they couldn't stick but rove and his associates managed to find just the right prosecutor just the right judge and even a jury that eventually convicted siegelman and soon to prison there have been countless investigative pieces since siegelman prosecution that show call rove's involvement how the charges were trumped up how the prosecutor was working with the state repub

governor siegelman was specifically targeted by officials within the george w. bush administration because they wanted to take back the governor's office in alabama. governor siegelman will join us to tell his story and to talk about why our justice system is in such a disaster and later in the show a look at how female entrepreneurs are saying enough is enough to make male investors in silicone valley actually play right where it comes to sexual harassment so don't go anywhere america's lawyer starts now. don siegelman was sworn in as governor of alabama in january nine hundred ninety nine in for the start of his term his republican opponents set out to take him down by any means necessary siegelman a democrat in a very red state drew the ire of republicans in alabama so they turned to dirty tricks master call rove the architect behind george w. bush's entire presidency rove in the republican operatives came up with a plan to have siegelman investigated for alleged bribery after he pointed a campaign donor named richard scrushy to a position of the state hospit

governor siegelman was specifically targeted by officials within the george w. bush administration because they wanted to take back the governor's office in alabama so i governor siegelman will join us to tell his story and to talk about why our justice system is in such a disaster and later in the show we'll look at how female entrepreneurs are saying enough is enough to make male investors in silicone valley actually play right where it comes to sexual harassment so don't go anywhere america's lawyer starts now. hi. don siegelman was sworn in as governor of alabama in january nine hundred ninety nine in for. start of his term his republican opponents set out to take him down by any means necessary siegelman a democrat in a very red state drew the ire of republicans in alabama so they turned to dirty tricks master call rove the architect behind george w. bush's entire presidency rove or the republican operatives came up with a plan to have siegelman investigated for alleged bribery after he pointed a campaign donor named richard scrushy to a position of a state

that would get a typical prosecutor or lawyer in very serious trouble maybe even prosecuted don siegelman was targeted because republicans knew that they could use our corrupt justice system to serve their own ends and even today more and more information is coming out that points to siegelman is innocence while the people who actually committed crimes by targeting governor siegelman never once not one time saw the inside of a prison cell where they actually belong. joining me now to tell the story in his own words as former alabama governor don siegelman governor there's a new film out addict is vs the architect that tells the story of the plot against you what the new evidence does it brings forward in this film it's a whole new light that people did not even know about talk about that film a little bit well there are the documentary hits the prosecution of course rove and others pretty hard but the the new evidence that is presented in the documentary. is explosive one jack aber mom made makes a cameo appearance and readily admits to his part in the conspiracy to stop siegelman by any

don siegelman was sworn in as. governor of alabama in january nine hundred ninety nine in for the start of his term his republican opponents set out to take him down by any means necessary siegelman a democrat in a very red state drew the ire of republicans in alabama so they turned to dirty tricks.