Don Siegelman finishes probation for bribery
A judge has ended probation for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who went to federal prison in a bribery scheme. WSFA-TV reports that a federal judge this week agreed with an officer’s report recommending that probation end for the 73-year-old Democrat. A federal jury convicted Siegelman in 2006. Prosecutors said he gave a seat on a state regulatory board to HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy, and that in exchange Scrushy donated $500,000 to Siegelman’s signature political issue, a 1999 campaign to establish a state lottery. Siegelman served about six years in prison before his release in 2017. The probation was supposed to end next year, but a probation officer determined the former governor had complied with all the rules. Siegelman shared the judge’s order on social media. Republished with the permission of the Associated Press.
