Mary Orndorff and Brett Blackledge at the Birmingham News continue to try to piece together an alternative theory on the Siegelman case and its root motivations.

Acting U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin,
the Montgomery prosecutor who managed the government’s case against Siegelman, said he assigned Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Feaga to the investigation in early 2004, and the two agreed to request a special grand jury that would hear evidence. But John W. Scott, a senior Justice Department trial lawyer who had been helping with the case at the request of Montgomery prosecutors, disagreed with the move to extend the investigation, Franklin said.

“We had to make a decision about whether or not a grand jury would help us in putting the case together, investigating further. It was not a popular decision, but I made it,” Franklin said. “John didn’t want to do that, so when he left Montgomery he didn’t come back.”

The contention is this offers “proof” that the case was not being driven from Washington. Proof, no, but another side of the story, yes.

Prosecutor says Montgomery led Siegelman case- al.com

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