Yesterday, an appellate court upheld, for the most part, the conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, reports The Birmingham News. In it’s ruling, the court upheld bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice counts, but reversed two counts of mail fraud. Because some of the charges were reversed, Siegelman will have a new sentencing hearing in the near future. Siegelman has already served seven months in prison and will continue to appeal his case.
In related news, click here to read our latest report on Karl Rove’s agreement to testify about whether he had any role in Siegelman’s prosecution and the U.S. Attorney firings.
You can watch Rachel Maddow’s rundown of the Siegelman prosecution (and Rove’s involvement) and her subsequent interview with Siegelman last night below (you might want to forward to the 1:50 mark):
