A Raw Story investigative series published in 2007 documents allegations that Siegelman's prosecution was orchestrated from the Bush White House, with White House adviser Karl Rove playing a pivotal role.
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Siegelman: Bush lawyers still running Justice Department | Raw Story
President Barack Obama's Justice Department has changed little from the Bush Justice Department because the same people are still running the show, says former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
Siegelman is fighting a 2006 corruption conviction he and many observers say was politically motivated and may have even been orchestrated from within the Bush White House. Last week, Raw Story reported that President Obama's solicitor general, Elena Kagan, is standing by Siegelman's Bush-era conviction, saying prosecutors had proven "corrupt intent."
"There's really been no substantial change in the heart of the Department of Justice from the Bush-Rove Department of Justice," Siegelman, a Democrat, told TalkingPointsMemo's Justin Elliott. "The people who have been writing the briefs for the government are the same people who were involved in the prosecution."
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