# Rove linked to DoJ prosecution of Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman during disputed election **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 1, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423 "2007-06-01T23:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/21 "2007-06-28T11:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Cross Karl Rove with _who_ and get a severed horse head in your bed? [/QUOTE] As in, “Don’t cross me, or I’ll kill you.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/22 "2007-06-28T15:39:13Z")
I would be willing to bet that **Kaylasdad** was making a funny. Takers? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/23 "2007-06-28T17:18:07Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] I would be willing to bet that **Kaylasdad** was making a funny. Takers? [/QUOTE] I was going to point it out, but thought you’d be much wittier and entertaining about it. Now I need a new hero. ☹ -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/24 "2007-06-28T18:58:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] This also reminds me of the Silkwood case. [/QUOTE] Forget Silkwood, this reminds me of the Baudelaire orphans. Does Karl Rove have a tattoo of an eye on his ankle? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/25 "2007-06-29T02:08:14Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] I was going to point it out, but thought you’d be much wittier and entertaining about it. Now I need a new hero… [/QUOTE] Twain, Vonnegut, Krassner, Hicks. Might as well upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/26 "2007-06-29T02:45:27Z")
Seigelman and Scrushy [both got](http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Governor-Sentenced.php) ~7 years. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/27 "2007-07-02T01:46:30Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Seigelman and Scrushy [both got](http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Governor-Sentenced.php) ~7 years. [/QUOTE] Curious that story doesn’t even mention the Rove connection, etc. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/28 "2007-07-17T21:39:09Z")
Update: [44 state attorneys general are petitioning Congress for a detailed inquiry into the Siegelman prosecution.](http://harpers.org/archive/2007/07/hbc-90000530) View the petition [here](http://harpers.org/media/image/blogs/misc/ag_petititon.pdf) (pdf file). (Troy King, AG of Alabama, is not among the petitioners.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/29 "2007-07-18T00:33:06Z")
Fascinating. Hm. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423/30 "2007-07-18T01:06:55Z")
It is 44 _former_ attorneys general, according to the [New York Times.](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/washington/17attorneys.html?ref=us) Still, interesting. I believe this conviction is going to be thrown out on appeal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-linked-to-doj-prosecution-of-alabama-gov-don-siegelman-during-disputed-election/406423.md?page=1)