I do not believe (Siegelman) knew at the time he filed this last paperwork that Covington & Burling was representing William Welch; it has been a secret in Washington and quietly handled behind the scenes. But I suspect firecrackers will go off about this in all the cases in the South where Welch is accused of wrongdoing and helping hide facts that needed to be turned over to defendants, just as took place in the Stevens and Siegelman cases.
Holder should remove himself from the Siegelman case and make arrangements for Obama to appoint a special counsel, Simpson says. Also, she wonders how long the White House has been aware of Holder's conflict regarding the Siegelman case--and others in the Deep South:
Shame on them for allowing an attorney general to stay in a case where he thinks he might have a conflict. He needs to not be overseeing any cases where his old firm is involved, and since Mr. Welch is their client, AG Holder should have gotten out of the Siegelman case the minute he knew it; Mr. Welch's misconduct has been covered in numerous articles.
It is important to the citizens of our country that the Justice Department always appear to be conflict free, and we need to let President Obama know that Holder is not conflict free. . . . .
The damage (Holder) has done overseeing the Siegelman case while his old firm had Welch as a client is not something that can be corrected. The attorney general should dismiss the case and ask for a new trial.(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
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