Former state attorney general, now U.S. Sen. Luther Strange is being accused of covering up misconduct by prosecutors in the criminal case against former House Speaker Mike Hubbard, according to a report.
State Reps. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, and Mike Ball, R-Madison, said at a news conference Wednesday that the wrongdoing by Strange would be subject to an investigation by law enforcement but that “it is to remain under wraps” until after the Senate election.
One, State Rep. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, has endorsed Strange’s primary challenger, Roy Moore.
Said Henry, “Luther Strange has bragged about his public corruption unit that he put together. I know a lot of things about what went on during that investigation. It’s been one of the issues that’s really torn at me in this election that the people of Alabama don’t know the whole truth about what went on in Lee County during some of the investigations.”
Strange has been dogged by charges of possible corruption, including as to how he secured his appointment as senator, and this latest story is adding fuel to that fire in Alabama as voting day in the run-off election approaches.
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Henry began the news conference [Wednesday] in Madison by saying he’d considered violating the law to disclose his testimony, but said he [sic] after he was warned by friends he was risking arrest, he decided to publicly ask Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall to allow his testimony to be released.
He said the testimony would show Strange hasn’t been honest about his recusal in the Hubbard investigation.
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