Comments on: Surprising Silence http://www.scrushy-report.com/?p=244 News from the source Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert Shattuck http://www.scrushy-report.com/?p=244&cpage=1#comment-59667 Robert Shattuck Sat, 06 May 2006 15:27:07 +0000 http://www.scrushy-report.com/wordpress/?p=244#comment-59667 Also, the Montgomery Advertiser reports the following as transpiring in yesterday's testomony, which makes me very and interested in Eric Hanson as a witness: "Leach asked numerous questions about conversations Bailey had with then-HealthSouth lobbyist Eric Hanson before Scrushy arranged two $250,000 contributions to the lottery campaign. Bailey has testified that Hanson said Scrushy wanted an appointment to the CON Board in exchange for the contributions. Leach asked if Hanson told him Scrushy would only arrange the contribution if he got a seat on the CON Board. Bailey answered, "He said, 'I'll make sure Mr. Scrushy makes the contribution. You make sure he (Siegelman) doesn't let us down.'" Also, the Montgomery Advertiser reports the following as transpiring in yesterday’s testomony, which makes me very and interested in Eric Hanson as a witness:

“Leach asked numerous questions about conversations Bailey had with then-HealthSouth lobbyist Eric Hanson before Scrushy arranged two $250,000 contributions to the lottery campaign. Bailey has testified that Hanson said Scrushy wanted an appointment to the CON Board in exchange for the contributions.

Leach asked if Hanson told him Scrushy would only arrange the contribution if he got a seat on the CON Board.

Bailey answered, “He said, ‘I’ll make sure Mr. Scrushy makes the contribution. You make sure he (Siegelman) doesn’t let us down.’”

]]> By: Robert Shattuck http://www.scrushy-report.com/?p=244&cpage=1#comment-59663 Robert Shattuck Sat, 06 May 2006 13:22:56 +0000 http://www.scrushy-report.com/wordpress/?p=244#comment-59663 I just now reviewed the criminal indictment. It includes many named persons and specific actions and activities by them of a corrupt nature. The only specific action of Bailey I see referred to is Siegelman using Bailey to write two checks to Young for $6000 and $10,503.09 to hinder FBI investigation of payments from Young to Siegelman. I don't know who all the government's witnesses will be about the many specific actions and activities set forth in the indictment not involving Bailey, but the jury could hear lots of testimony about specific stuff that will cause them to forget all about Bailey, or worse for the defendants cause the jury to think there was at least an unspoken understanding of all concerned that the Siegelman adminsistration was for sale and persons in the administration such as Bailey could consider themselves to be at liberty to go into business for themselves in corruptly selling government favors. I just now reviewed the criminal indictment. It includes many named persons and specific actions and activities by them of a corrupt nature. The only specific action of Bailey I see referred to is Siegelman using Bailey to write two checks to Young for $6000 and $10,503.09 to hinder FBI investigation of payments from Young to Siegelman. I don’t know who all the government’s witnesses will be about the many specific actions and activities set forth in the indictment not involving Bailey, but the jury could hear lots of testimony about specific stuff that will cause them to forget all about Bailey, or worse for the defendants cause the jury to think there was at least an unspoken understanding of all concerned that the Siegelman adminsistration was for sale and persons in the administration such as Bailey could consider themselves to be at liberty to go into business for themselves in corruptly selling government favors.

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