Well, actually, he was just bribing the other inmates to watch his segment on 60 Minutes on Sunday…but still.
With canned mackerel from the prison commissary, ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman bribed his cell mates to let him watch the “60 Minutes” broadcast chronicling what he sees as his unfair prosecution for bribery and corruption.
Siegelman’s brother, Birmingham businessman Les Siegelman, said the former governor told him the initial vote on what to watch Sunday evening in his Louisiana prison cell didn’t go in his favor. With the promise of canned fish, the majority of the 70 inmates bunking together voted to watch the CBS news show.
Siegelman bribed inmates with mackerel to see TV show - Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com