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ladies and gentlemen there

2:53

can be no clear choice for governor

2:55

of alabama than , choice

2:57

between fab james and on soderman

3:00

the people of alabama deserve alabama governor

3:02

with the will to be governor and

3:04

the ability to actually get something done

3:07

that is not fab james that

3:09

is don siegelman the people

3:11

of alabama deserve alabama governor who give

3:13

the students of this data voluntary preschool

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program spite of the art computers

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in college scholarships for every hard to

3:20

graduate and pay for it with an

3:22

alabama lottery for education

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that certainly is not fall james

3:27

that is don siegelman the

3:29

people of alabama deserve alabama governor who

3:31

has who has to fight school balance

3:33

that's not for germs the people

3:36

of alabama deserve a governor who

3:38

will get rid of dangerous portable classrooms

3:41

that is not fog james the

3:43

people of alabama deserve a governor

3:45

who raise the standards and raise the quality

3:48

of education and k through twelve

3:51

that is not fall james that

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is done several months

3:56

republicans in alabama were terrified

3:58

of don siegelman

3:59

the not just because he had a black belt in karate

4:03

no don siegelman what a democrat

4:05

the charming good looking experienced

4:08

democrat but enough southern twang

4:11

the flip votes in the bible belt like

4:13

bill clinton or jimmy carter the

4:15

computer in national politics looking like

4:17

an absolute certainty

4:19

don siegelman what the like to beat that the

4:21

first governor of alabama the nineteen

4:24

ninety nine

4:25

you'd already served of the states lieutenant

4:27

governor before that he was alabama's

4:29

attorney general before that he

4:32

was the secretary of state

4:34

riggleman star been steadily rising

4:36

over the years

4:38

than and a rare occurrence

4:40

the against her lifelong conditioning

4:42

the people of alabama voted

4:44

for a democratic governor with

4:47

don siegelman in charge the automotive

4:49

industry thrived in alabama mercedes

4:52

benz toyota and honda all

4:55

committed to building major assembly lines

4:57

in the state riggleman also

4:59

presided over seven electric chair

5:01

executions included the

5:03

first female executed in alabama

5:06

since nineteen fifty seven august

5:09

fun and success was enough to make an alabama

5:11

republican so angry the could marry

5:13

a child the nothing

5:15

may be weird little loose skin flap

5:17

summer next tremble more than siegelman

5:20

pet project

5:21

riggleman the absolute monster

5:24

introduce a referendum to establish

5:27

a state lottery fund education

5:30

those are some of the things that things will do

5:32

will will pay for my scholarship plan with

5:35

plan alabama lottery for education

5:37

will pay for our computers with an alabama

5:40

lottery for education and are preschool

5:43

will be paid for with an alabama

5:45

lottery for education

5:47

i don't think a nice

5:49

he common campaigned on this idea the

5:52

people of alabama elected him because

5:54

of this idea nevertheless

5:56

the referendum was defeated and

5:59

alabama's as these and ranking among states

6:01

continues to languish at the bottom spider

6:05

the feed don siegelman remained

6:07

popular in alabama according

6:09

to the associated press he was

6:11

reelected as governor in two thousand and

6:13

two in a closely contested

6:15

race with us house represented of bob

6:18

riley the victory was

6:20

short lived the next

6:22

morning devoted chains there

6:24

have been a boating machine malfunction and

6:26

baldwin county apparently one

6:28

of the most republican counties in the state

6:32

the third and final feathered up they did vote

6:34

totals had appeared on the probate court

6:36

website in the middle of the night

6:38

the only change was the don siegelman pets

6:40

sixty three hundred fewer votes than

6:43

he had a few hours earlier

6:45

there's enough to put the race the bob riley

6:48

no other races on the ballot were affected

6:51

adrian john's baldwin county

6:53

judge and bob riley supporter field

6:56

the vote then moved to certify the

6:58

results immediately on wednesday

7:00

after the election even though tradition

7:02

and statutes suggested friday at noon

7:05

and alabama republican attorney general

7:07

bill prior

7:09

the mouth this is the both had already been certified

7:12

the any recount of the sealed material

7:14

could not occur without a court order

7:16

in other words getting one who try to

7:18

counter both would be jailed or

7:21

, have sealed material cannot

7:24

a car without a court order and

7:27

finding that are voting machine

7:29

or precinct failed to make

7:31

failed to

7:33

witnesses say the bob riley chief of staff

7:35

damn ganz wasn't baldwin county

7:37

dot night with a laptop the

7:40

afghans was reportedly a boating technology

7:42

expert and suggested

7:44

that damn gowns and the baldwin county

7:47

republicans fudge the numbers behind

7:49

closed doors and voting

7:51

data all but confirmed that confirmed

7:53

that reviewed analysis of the results

7:55

found a clear data manipulation and

7:57

statistical abnormalities

7:59

any attempt to change the result

8:01

of the election at this point

8:03

would require an arduous court battle

8:06

it could take months probably years that

8:09

could potentially turn the state apart

8:11

don siegelman the just wasn't worth

8:14

it

8:15

the one november six two thousand two

8:17

the conceded last

8:19

, gods like continue

8:21

to shine upon the great

8:23

state of alabama fight you god

8:26

bless you and good night

8:30

now what you have

8:32

a painful decision that he is

8:34

dropping has requests for without saying

8:36

congress and bob riley will be alabama's next

8:38

governor

8:39

oh you're not over other news a federal

8:41

judge says the ten commandments monument in

8:43

the alabama judicial building violates

8:46

the constitution ban on government promotion

8:48

of

8:50

the other side of town the bob riley

8:52

chambers ushering in a new era for

8:54

steam ahead quite literally

8:57

the , governor of alabama was transported

8:59

to his ceremonial stage v a locomotive

9:02

where , it a new day in the heart of

9:04

dixie

9:28

well

9:36

the alabama was riley country

9:39

the you know who was not welcome and

9:41

the riley country

9:43

rob

9:44

i mean

9:45

probably

9:47

why was referring to the style

9:50

hello i'm gov barbara i

9:53

believe we're blessed to live in alabama

9:56

we have a quality of lab that is unmatched

9:58

anywhere else in the world

10:01

i never wanna see anything happen that would

10:03

degrade our quality of life and

10:05

there's no doubt mama the

10:07

gambling does the great our quality

10:10

of life

10:11

the corrupts alabama nurse for people

10:13

who little better but every

10:15

year there's an effort into legislature

10:17

to expand gambling so i

10:19

signed an executive order in december

10:21

to create a task force on illegal

10:23

gambling gambling

10:27

would not be tolerated and alabama

10:30

why not because alabama

10:33

is a morally righteous state that

10:35

would never allow such cultural degradations

10:38

within it's borders having

10:41

but because of corruption gambling

10:43

is tolerated on reservations

10:46

in mississippi a bordering state

10:48

of alabama

10:49

but the choctaw owned pearl

10:51

river resort and philadelphia mississippi

10:54

those depend on tourist from alabama

10:57

who can't legally gamble on their own state

11:00

though the casinos and check their money into

11:02

alabama politics to make sure

11:04

it always stays that way

11:07

don siegelman proposed a lottery was

11:09

too close to legalize gambling for

11:11

the talk of comfort

11:13

the alabama republicans wanted siegelman

11:15

stopped for no other reason than he

11:17

was a democrat

11:18

strange bedfellows were made me

11:22

, mama

11:25

million dollars one interesting one alabama

11:29

most to see me in a democracy

11:32

or maybe

11:38

aber marked as a notorious

11:40

lobbyists later son that's the six

11:42

years in prison on a fraud conviction

11:44

related to a different casino we

11:47

want the bag man for an underground network

11:49

of republican money millions

11:51

of dollars are funneled and alabama

11:53

the how bob riley defeat don siegelman

11:56

alabama's new gambling task force

11:59

was bob

11:59

i [unk] tip of the cap to his native american

12:02

neighbors to the west

12:03

thanks for the money oh and all

12:06

of this land and everything according

12:09

to don siegelman go follow that

12:11

money all roads lead to

12:13

president george w bush as chief

12:15

of staff karl rove becoming

12:18

queens wasn't dentist abusing his power

12:21

whispers surface about siegelman planning

12:23

to make another run for governor in two thousand

12:25

and four

12:26

the department of justice stop a single

12:28

month political dreams are you darling

12:30

you from

12:32

the were prosecutor alice martin

12:35

the led to the don siegelman and his cronies

12:37

how conspired with a doctor to regain medicaid

12:40

contract rocco

12:42

accusations that the former governor had

12:44

accepted extravagant gifts from his supporters

12:47

however on day one of the trial

12:50

a judge throughout most of the prosecution's

12:52

evidence case was laughable

12:55

all charges against don siegelman for

12:57

drop those

13:01

, all over my my

13:04

initial investigation love investigation

13:07

why are these injuries are these the

13:09

, muslim

13:12

is why the

13:15

marla holes in law lives

13:17

in two thousand holes in man

13:21

gave , lives as a thousand money and

13:24

he was

13:26

he doesn't

13:30

allow my mom maybe

13:32

about him his mom dad

13:34

and my mind

13:41

the walking away clean from the trumped up

13:44

federal fraud case

13:45

the on siegelman was reenergized

13:47

and so were his supporters

13:49

whole numbers show that he could be gov bob

13:52

riley again in the two thousand

13:54

and six election that's what he planned

13:56

to do once again the

13:58

united states department of

13:59

had other plans

14:02

siegelman was indicted for a second

14:04

time during the primary season forty two

14:06

thousand and six governor's race the

14:08

resulting in has a feat i'm

14:11

you have accused of accepting a bribe an

14:13

exchange for a seat on the state hospital

14:15

regulatory board

14:16

riggleman kind of the charges i politically motivated

14:19

him as an act of revenge from

14:21

george w bush us department of justice

14:24

the calgary how we suffered too embarrassing

14:27

defeat

14:28

the first was don siegelman zone two thousand

14:31

and four trial where a judge at basically

14:33

ruled that there was no case the

14:35

second unrelated case was richard

14:37

screw see the founder and ceo

14:40

of rehabilitation giant health south

14:43

who had just walked free from the zone fraud

14:45

trial even with dozens of eyewitnesses

14:47

testifying against them now

14:50

federal prosecutors were alleging that richard

14:52

screw she had also paid a half

14:54

million dollar bribed the don siegelman strange

14:57

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14:59

charismatic alabama businessman's

15:01

driving global healthcare company

15:04

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15:06

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15:28

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richard even late bricks before he decided

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a new wife had a new career

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the began working at the life mark corporation

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divisions pharmacy acquisitions

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and physical rehabilitation

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in two years which is chrissy

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was overseen all through a vice

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president of the company the

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18:38

unmatched

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the commanded rooms like a preacher and

18:41

demanded respect like a grizzled

18:43

football coach

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the only in of mid twenties

18:47

richard screw see i've seen at all

18:49

her life mark a one hundred million

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he wrote quickly through the ranks but had a

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experience developed a rare expertise

19:02

which would soon need a new home

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the nineteen eighty three life mark

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was bought out by american medical international

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the to school she received a significant pay

19:12

out thanks to a stock options

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he already had a plan on what he would do

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with the windfall

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the nineteen eighty five richard

19:21

scrushy and for business partners

19:23

launched an core incorporated and

19:25

little rock arkansas

19:27

new business would offer rehabilitation

19:29

services that a patient would typically

19:32

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19:34

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19:36

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americans loved a proposal

19:42

that would be cheaper and more convenient there

19:44

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19:46

laundry food services or security

19:49

the patient would not up to spend the night

19:52

that alone would significantly reduce the

19:54

overhead costs that hospitals typically

19:56

pass on the consumers

19:58

and if it were cheaper for the pace

19:59

i might be cheaper for insurance companies

20:02

who were always happy to save a buck

20:05

richards cruces timing was impeccable

20:08

medicare a just approved reimbursement for

20:10

various procedures and couldn't physical

20:13

respiratory an occupational therapy

20:16

health care would be able to survive solely

20:18

on that government teat that

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with on dusters needed to hear

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the court enter capital wrote an core

20:25

incorporated a check for one million dollars

20:28

the company made a profit and it's first

20:31

month of business

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richards or she wanted more

20:34

the change the company's name from am care to health

20:37

south to be more marketable

20:40

he also moved health south headquarters

20:42

closer to home birmingham alabama

20:45

and any raised an additional six million

20:47

dollars in venture capital

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started in a small office with

20:51

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20:53

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20:56

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a few short years

21:00

everybody involved in the founding of health

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south became rich

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the dot salesmanship none of

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21:12

receiving standing ovations that investor

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presentations for pete sake

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wall street loved

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contracts with general motors and chrysler

21:23

and the postal service and delta

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airlines and corporations

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all over america and and we're helping

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him reducer healthcare costs

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two thousand and facilities across the

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states has states few overseas

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the annual revenues were more than one hundred and

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richard screws he became the third highest

21:48

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21:50

the worked at least one hundred million dollars

21:53

by them

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girl

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the wanted more

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robert began rapidly acquiring

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gets competition

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putting the largest provider about peace

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the whole united states the

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company employed more than fifty thousand

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positions at it's peak the

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bridge screw she became birmingham alabama

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the family was multiplying about the staff

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does his company and bank account

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richard and his second wife karen had

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four children together

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richard totaled a thick

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the would agree more with his third wife leslie

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and jones who he married in nineteen

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ninety seven martha stewart had

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attended the screws his wedding and jamaica

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richards cushy like brushing elbows with

22:43

notable names the promote health

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some legends bo jackson michael

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with , payments friends and endless wealth

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wealth no surprise that richard screw she had become

23:00

a legend in his own mind according

23:02

to former employees and retrospect

23:05

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23:07

toxic

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that at the time everyone had bought

23:11

into the man

23:12

the to screw she was a complete narcissist

23:14

they say an exceptionally competitive

23:18

green are people in meetings shame

23:20

them and intimidate them by

23:22

making a really mean faces

23:24

going all that smoke the make up for what

23:26

he lacked and stature even with the

23:28

lift some as designer shoes richards

23:32

garcia is motivational moments to

23:34

according to help sell for more than one

23:36

meeting richard screw see set up an easel under

23:39

a bunch of stick figures surrounding what richard

23:41

confirmed the be a wagon

23:43

that would like a child's drawing honestly

23:46

regardless the point richer was trying to make

23:48

is it the most productive teams have

23:50

one thing in common

23:52

are all out front pulling the wagon

23:55

they're not coming to the side of the wagon are

23:58

getting a free ride inside of the way

23:59

the though

24:01

everybody without brought

24:03

calling the wagon

24:04

your own weight screw she

24:06

was known to use the phrase pulling

24:09

the wagon to describe keeping health south

24:11

successful it's it's it's goosey was

24:13

so blown away by zone genius to

24:15

the eventually had that wagon drawing commission

24:17

into a life sized metal sculpture

24:20

and front of health south's massive new birmingham

24:22

headquarters

24:24

for demanded that a prince of the wagon drawing

24:26

hanging every company facility the

24:29

original picture of place can the museum

24:31

dedicated the richard school she's career richard

24:34

screw she had built inside of health self

24:36

headquarters the man wasn't

24:38

afraid to celebrate itself seems

24:41

like everything in birmingham was named after

24:44

the won't be recruit him scrushy parkway

24:46

richard em screw see campus the

24:48

richer the i'm screw see conference center

24:51

for richard i'm school she filled curvature

24:53

the unscrew see library to name

24:55

a few

24:57

they were all monuments to richards cruces

24:59

widespread philanthropy and political

25:01

donations there are plenty the share

25:04

the estimated to school she made nearly a billion

25:06

dollars during of career

25:08

eleven homes nearly forty automobiles

25:11

a yacht and more than a dozen airplanes

25:13

the show for it there was no

25:15

better example of richards cruces

25:17

grotesque self indulgence than

25:20

his music career

25:21

the correct

25:22

richard lifelong dream

25:25

and become a country music superstar

25:28

the money make drink

25:30

richard scrushy formed in front

25:32

of the bad that included other how

25:34

south executive called dallas

25:36

county line

25:38

they had hit such as ah ha

25:41

ha you don't and who could forget

25:44

you do you do good going

25:46

to seal the looting

25:51

chris you have known to play entire

25:53

albums of his own country music on repeat

25:56

for anyone unfortunate enough to

25:58

be stuck in the health

25:59

the airplane with them

26:01

it didn't feel it every ounce of his soul

26:03

when to those songs dallas

26:06

county line never caught on in nashville

26:08

or than birmingham

26:10

the going after school she bought a nearby club

26:12

so the ban could regularly perform a

26:15

billionaire singing the song of the

26:17

working man pumping

26:19

were just difficult to take seriously

26:22

richard screws he was serious about getting into

26:24

the music business one way or another

26:27

the late nineties he developed a new approach

26:29

there would be a guaranteed slam dunk

26:32

they just needed to go for it

26:57

that girl power trio third

26:59

phase

27:00

remember them

27:02

yeah me neither but apparently

27:04

richard screw she channeled loop perlman and

27:06

spent at least a million dollars promoting

27:09

this girl group we them around

27:11

on health south's jets he bottom

27:13

breast implants

27:14

the dog to the bp of sony

27:17

records for recording contract

27:19

hard to achieve not

27:21

much the to hide their success

27:24

thirties opened for britney spears on

27:26

a short tour they released one

27:28

album and the disappeared with the sad

27:31

the most amusing part about richard screw says

27:33

musical the answers as that he displays

27:36

a company's accountants when he converted

27:38

m entire for the health south officers

27:40

and to a recording studio the

27:42

was a perfect encapsulation of what

27:44

was happening inside the company of the time by

27:47

the time richard was far more interested

27:49

in other projects the managing health

27:51

south's day to day

27:53

the business was slipping because of it

27:55

the ninety ninety six the first

27:57

time ever elsa have suffered

27:59

bad financial quarter

28:01

their actual numbers were nowhere near

28:03

wall street's expectations the

28:06

result the spot price would undoubtedly

28:08

take a hit that blasting

28:11

richard school she wanted to happen the

28:13

report bad numbers admit failure

28:16

not on his watch

28:18

the flag the unremarkable

28:20

quarter was just a temporary set up

28:22

he assured staff

28:24

the everything would be back to normal by the next

28:26

reporting date there was no reason the

28:28

reported and scare wall street

28:30

former health south executives claim that

28:32

richard school she instructed them to quote

28:35

a number

28:37

the company had always practice fairly aggressive

28:40

accounting but this was next level

28:43

the for straight up fraud gruesome

28:45

team followed their leader anyway

28:47

bill owens health south controller

28:50

and she the counted proposed they

28:52

falsify accounting entries to inflate

28:54

their quarterly earnings

28:56

the counter would post thousands and thousands

28:58

of small increase to the contractual

29:01

adjustment account to which auditors

29:03

would pay no mind that account

29:05

estimates the diverse between the amount failed

29:07

to the patience and the amount insurance

29:09

or pay it's constantly adjusted

29:12

and difficult to verify a prime

29:14

candidate for a financial fuckers

29:17

oh and also suggested they disguise

29:19

operating expenses as fixed

29:21

assets and appreciate the cost

29:23

over time instead of taking the hit

29:25

all at once the court

29:27

t depreciation expense would eventually catch

29:30

up and demolished future earnings but

29:33

that would probably be someone else was problem

29:35

in , meantime it was a way to fill the

29:37

hole executive

29:40

com the name the practice

29:42

financial officer aaron being

29:44

signed off on it that quarter

29:46

hell self reported phony profits for

29:48

the first time

29:50

when they taste the same dilemma the following

29:52

quarter

29:53

former health south executives claim c

29:55

o richard screw she instructed

29:57

them to fix the numbers again

29:59

then again and again

30:02

one hundred twenty thousand fraudulent

30:04

journal entries every quarter

30:08

clearly things were not getting better as

30:10

quickly as richard had promised

30:12

the bought numbers were getting larger and larger

30:15

every month even after health south

30:17

executives tried to gently persuade richard

30:19

to tell the truth

30:20

richard screw she refused to report

30:22

a loss

30:23

the price was higher than ever

30:25

the wasn't going to happen

30:27

that richards goosey would demand the hell south

30:29

family keep pulling their wagon until

30:32

the wheels go off he

30:34

remember very hard planes us

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and unless part of business farmers sorta how

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people got fooled into is

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help operated as a complete fraud

32:41

ever since richard school she instructed his

32:43

team the fix the number

32:45

every line on the ballot she was alive every

32:48

annual report was report was work of

32:50

fiction moreover the

32:52

skill of the fraud was growing with

32:54

each passing day and

32:57

nineteen ninety six a company reported

32:59

earnings of two hundred twenty one million dollars

33:02

while the actual number was closer to

33:04

one hundred thirty two million the

33:06

, year health south reported earning

33:09

three hundred and thirty one million dollars

33:11

when they've actually lost sixty five million

33:14

and and nineteen ninety eight the

33:16

company reported forty seven million dollars

33:18

on the true earnings number was negative five

33:20

hundred fifty six million dollars the

33:23

how stock price restarts record

33:25

high that same year cover

33:28

their tracks health south implemented

33:31

an email system the deleted old

33:33

emails every sixty days and

33:35

they'd send fake documentation to the auditing

33:38

whenever a question was asked

33:40

it was a simple but labor intensive

33:42

fraud scheme go for

33:45

it at work which ,

33:47

simply would not allow

33:50

through numbers to come out he would become

33:52

extremely angry extremely the

33:54

senses me was so busy with

33:57

his narcissistic ways to

33:59

come

33:59

richards

34:03

course he was handling be pressure of operating

34:06

a massive financial fraud scheme in the

34:08

most richard scrushy way possible he

34:10

became extremely paranoid and reclusive

34:13

he , bodyguards she bought a guard

34:15

dog install surveillance equipment

34:18

and every office office

34:20

also started carrying a gun in

34:22

his in the security blanket

34:24

landed him in trouble when he accidentally

34:27

brought it to brought airport security

34:29

that he was on his way to washington dc

34:31

to see the president which was

34:34

true but poorly time also

34:37

poorly timed was the rise of the internet

34:40

from the height of screw she's paranoia

34:43

he , to hell self employed to track

34:45

down any one bad mouthing him or health

34:47

south and chat rooms and on message

34:49

boards so that he could sue them for libel

34:52

at one point screws even thread the printed

34:54

on newspaper after newspaper less than flattering

34:57

article about the ceo appeared

34:59

in the birmingham news the

35:02

record i stock price made richards chrysotile

35:04

a little better the laying

35:06

off a bunch of employees the following week

35:09

while at the same time purchasing a six million

35:11

dollar helicopter with the little things

35:13

in life you know but ,

35:17

richards cushy new house up with the house

35:19

of cards waiting the tip tip

35:22

make matters worse richard was already

35:24

in legal trouble for buying computers

35:26

were health south from his shell corporation owned

35:28

by his by the school she's

35:30

had sold equipment to the government out a agreed

35:32

to sli inflated prices also

35:35

paid almost eight million dollars in two thousand

35:37

and two to settle two case later

35:40

that year richard scrushy discover that his personal

35:42

account it was personal from him we'll

35:44

make massey jr was using scorsese

35:47

money to bankroll an affair with a married

35:49

woman who worked for of see daisies

35:51

the upscale pajama company owned by screws

35:54

his third wife when richard

35:56

found out he was furious he made repeated

35:58

phone calls for the woman only

36:01

on the now and he did he threatened his

36:03

account and with who knows what form embezzling

36:05

of cash the , never made it

36:07

to court court massey imposed

36:10

as on centers but they self inflicted

36:12

shotgun blasts through the roof of his of

36:15

lose one friend lose another

36:18

two thousand and two was the year that richards cushy

36:20

med jason harvey the former

36:22

child actor who played fred savage his

36:24

older brother weighing on older wonder years

36:28

richard i've always loved that show so

36:30

he offered jason her via job senior

36:33

vice president of marketing and communications

36:36

that health south the job the jason

36:38

herbie was not qualified to do harvey's

36:42

, can be seen in the advice

36:44

he reportedly gave richard scrushy about

36:47

his and best presentations they weren't

36:49

being received with the same enthusiasm

36:51

as they have back when health south was a startup

36:54

startup presentations needed more sex appeal

36:56

harvey told richard and richard listened

36:59

as like the powerpoint presentation featured

37:01

photos of scantily clad women act

37:04

by music from third phase

37:06

the was met with silence you

37:09

could hear one investor ask another quote

37:11

the

37:14

people were losing interest and health

37:16

health and health was losing physicians

37:18

and patients i'm an alarming rate the

37:21

, also have aging facilities with

37:23

no real cash on hand effects from from

37:26

empire was empire health

37:28

south executives had seen it all before

37:31

on the evening news enron worldcom

37:34

all the boxes of evidence being logged

37:36

out of skyscrapers

37:38

men and designer suits being led away

37:40

in handcuffs

37:41

that was the remember liberal future the

37:44

federal government was doing everything it could

37:46

to assure it in , wake of those

37:48

financial scandals enron and worldcom

37:51

congress passed the sarbanes oxley act

37:54

which requires ceos and cfls

37:56

to certify the integrity of her company's

37:58

financial results the legislation

38:01

also increase the penalties for individuals

38:03

and companies found to be lying

38:07

there are two things together look doomed entirely

38:09

for everyone involved in the hell thought fraud

38:12

there was a glimmer of hope

38:14

medicare announced a change in it's reimbursement

38:17

policies that would cost the company about

38:19

twenty five million dollars in annual

38:21

earnings

38:22

i know that sounds bad for business and usually

38:25

it would be by

38:26

they'll have within a unique position

38:29

mark of revenue was actually an opportunity

38:32

to conceal the fraud maybe

38:34

, was a way out how

38:37

self could now reports more accurate

38:39

numbers and blame the medicare policy change

38:41

for the poor results are daschle overstating

38:44

it's effect again inside

38:47

again company estimated that would lose twenty

38:49

five million dollars five million as a result

38:51

of the change richards kersey told

38:53

investors that healthsouth would lose

38:55

one hundred and seventy five million dollars

38:58

a year washington ,

39:00

like that news news of how

39:02

soft plans forty four percent

39:04

in one day in august two thousand two thousand

39:07

, investors had the rug pulled out from under

39:09

them

39:09

richard [unk] screws she was not one

39:12

of them it sold his shares his shares months

39:14

earlier four fifty four million dollars

39:17

originally what kaka securities

39:20

and exchange commission attention

39:22

the opened an investigation and the screws

39:24

his house

39:25

the even removed it's how cel ceo

39:28

of returned wanna smoke had cleared

39:30

shareholders that were left holding the bag

39:33

sued richard scrushy for the timing

39:35

of the stock occurred

39:37

, would find out that was the least

39:39

of his worry worry was told

39:41

to meet our the f b i on

39:43

and several other federal officials at

39:45

a sweet on that the winfrey hotel on a

39:47

given night a certain a and

39:50

i was told park on the opposite side of the gallery

39:52

of mall and taking a

39:54

serpentine route to the gallery

39:57

in event that i was being followed try to shaking

39:59

the

40:01

western smith

40:03

he taken over as how self see a foe

40:05

in two thousand and one of the bill owens

40:08

was promoted to chief operating officer

40:10

the one that taken over for air and been who

40:13

left the company in two thousand when

40:16

contacted the f b i and inform

40:18

them that he had a story to tell

40:20

on march twelve two thousand and three had

40:22

room for twelve of the winfrey hotel

40:24

in birmingham

40:26

how how cfl detailed the massive

40:28

fraud the was occurring inside the company the

40:31

told them about the family of executives

40:33

are now they were instructed to fill the hole

40:35

and fix the numbers

40:37

the be i had no idea

40:39

the or perspective insider trading but

40:42

this was unexpected

40:43

over the next week the case of became much

40:46

clearer

40:47

the former and current how felt insider

40:49

hear their stories cleaning

40:52

, sci and find it helpful numbers

40:55

but he insists the fraud was

40:57

ordered by richard scrushy been

40:59

describes working for sprucing saying he

41:02

had misgivings from the first time

41:04

he met him even so been

41:06

right i went to work for him because

41:08

he had a brilliant business mine

41:11

as it turns out it was his only

41:13

redeeming quality as a human

41:15

being being continues to

41:17

say screw see was equally diabolical

41:20

palace and cruel that he was

41:22

likely a sociopath health

41:25

self corporate offices were rated on

41:27

march eighteenth two thousand march eighteenth

41:29

the team up can hardaway filing cabinets

41:31

and hard drive to flag on the

41:33

evening news except

41:35

this time the story was dropped from the new cycle

41:38

at record speed

41:39

two days after the raid

41:41

the united states dropped the first of all

41:43

would be almost thirty thousand bombs on

41:45

iraq

41:46

mission accomplished

41:49

op board of directors removed richard

41:51

screw see from his c o position as

41:53

the extent of the fraud was revealed

41:56

are making ninety six to march two thousand

41:58

and three

41:59

the company

41:59

the literally overstated it's earnings by two

42:02

point seven billion dollars

42:04

the got her while of control towards the end up

42:06

hell south was paying more in federal income

42:08

taxes on it's funny process that

42:11

there was actually making and true net income

42:13

dagger if

42:16

you see filed a lawsuit against health south body

42:18

criminal investigation continued the

42:21

stock price which had once traded for thirty

42:23

dollars a share shriveled that as

42:25

a sense before was halted she

42:29

uses few months of uncertainty to

42:31

deny everything he said he was just

42:33

as shocked as everyone else that the government's allegations

42:36

he said he had no knowledge of the frog

42:39

he oh he had to interest a team

42:42

you see that mean perpetrated

42:44

the fraud

42:45

they were the low life not help the

42:48

court that would be left for a jury

42:51

to decide

42:53

the november two thousand and three a federal

42:55

grand jury finally indicted richard

42:57

scrushy on eighty five counts

42:59

related to the two point seven billion dollar

43:02

health south front

43:03

the would be first ceo to be charged

43:06

with violating bizarre been dot

43:10

the will not be black

43:11

in alabama today federal

43:13

prosecutors have accused the man who ran the country's

43:16

largest provider of outpatient

43:18

surgery and rehabilitation services

43:21

with fraud on a colossal

43:23

scale richard screw see who's

43:25

sounded health south is accused

43:28

of inflating it's earnings by two point seven

43:30

billion dollars and illegally

43:32

stealing more than a quarter of a billion dollars

43:34

for himself

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43:57

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43:59

we have this much evidence as

44:02

the care coverage in this case i don't think there's

44:04

any chance that they'll be able to go after

44:06

world com or enron senior executives

44:10

by the time richards cruces trial began

44:12

in birmingham and january two thousand and

44:14

five fifteen former health

44:16

south executives had already pleaded

44:18

guilty

44:19

including former c athos bill owens

44:22

air and been and western smith

44:25

all of the top executives pointed to richard

44:27

scrushy as the originator of

44:29

the fraud they were scheduled to testify

44:31

at trial

44:33

the very least assumed obvious that the founder

44:35

and ceo of health south was

44:37

aware that something unscrupulous have

44:39

been going on the

44:42

bill which is chrissy denied any wrongdoing

44:45

the pleaded not guilty of the to a remaining

44:47

counts of conspiracy securities

44:49

fraud wire fraud mail fraud

44:51

money laundering and more squishy

44:54

faced the potential life sentence of convicted

44:57

lawyers were confident he would walk

45:01

out have have around when you a bad mouthing

45:03

on a would i not have waited all these

45:05

my brain charges

45:07

defense starter the medial you

45:09

through the media while out on

45:12

ten million dollars bail granted

45:14

an interview to cbs a sixty

45:16

minutes

45:17

where he previewed has stance by blaming

45:19

and discrediting his underlings oh

45:22

and air been west of smith

45:25

all wire

45:26

convicted felons even

45:28

they put the numbers for their own financial interest

45:30

in cook extraordinary measures die

45:32

the scheme

45:34

cinnamon as stock options to you

45:36

know

45:37

the now they were throwing their boss under the bus

45:39

to lighten our own sentences screw

45:42

she was innocent according to richard

45:44

scrushy had taken objective

45:46

reveal the evidence

45:48

the show that richards crew she was not involved

45:50

in any of these alleged glass and

45:53

they will say that i was not part

45:55

of their skin

45:56

not one single memo not

45:59

one single

45:59

mm not one single note

46:02

not one single email but

46:04

richards cruces fingerprints on it went

46:07

to school she's lawyers proclaimed and opening

46:09

arguments

46:10

there was nothing lincoln richards kersey

46:12

to the fraud scheme besides the testimony

46:15

of his former employees

46:17

the bill would attack the character of every witness

46:19

on the stand to prove their richard scrushy

46:22

to have been duped

46:25

the performer cf aware beams testimony

46:27

directly implicated richards kersey

46:30

and the fraud scheme the defense

46:32

raised questions about the witnesses alleged

46:34

drinking problem which been flatly

46:36

denied

46:37

then they accused the witness of cheating

46:40

on his wife with other women mr

46:42

been confirmed to be true

46:45

what else does one need to know about a person's

46:47

moral character the defense posts

46:50

no further questions your honor

46:53

the to screw she was taking be moral high

46:55

ground there was no reason the jury some

46:57

believe these liars these thieves

46:59

these torturers the testimony

47:01

of these rap who are only interested

47:04

in saving themselves scrushy

47:06

lawyer had a poster board with an image of

47:08

a rat eating a piece of cheese and everything the

47:11

again the defense reminded the jury

47:14

there were no paper trail

47:16

the ball the executives who have pleaded guilty

47:19

only one of the ten who had already been sentenced

47:21

receive jail time

47:22

everyone else for the given the home detention in exchange

47:25

for their thorough cooperation

47:28

why one of these men lie about richard

47:30

screw says involvement that already

47:32

lied about everything else while

47:34

the prosecution and defense battle the downcourt

47:38

british , he was fighting for public sympathy

47:40

using a variety of strategies which

47:43

another website built to promote his innocence

47:46

the purchased a television station and

47:48

put a son in law in charge who broadcast

47:50

daily commentary on the trial but

47:53

you're also started attending church on no

47:55

more than regular basis he

47:57

joined a black church in one a birmingham the blue

47:59

the neighborhood way began preaching

48:02

the game enormous donations to many other

48:04

black churches in the city that

48:07

wasn't enough to convince everybody how holy

48:09

he was

48:10

screw see also launched a daily religious

48:13

talk show called viewpoint the

48:15

hosted with his wife leslie

48:17

the show to invite hundred the black

48:19

creatures to appear as guests and

48:21

read bible verses with us

48:23

today we have we have new friend

48:25

a pastor andrew macarthur were

48:28

excited to have him whether she's with a victory church

48:30

and tanzania's could have you back when

48:32

you look like a lesson today now

48:34

you get your catcher african a town

48:36

that i'm really like that outfit this

48:39

one shot when i come afrigadget

48:41

much as comfortable as us

48:43

richards curses reset turn to religion

48:46

and embrace of black people raise

48:48

some eyebrows from people were known the man

48:50

for a long time

48:52

according to former employees of health south

48:54

there was an unwritten policy never

48:57

to hire a black person they didn't

48:59

for the first decade of a company

49:02

the allegedly squishy wants to bill owens

49:04

and passing quote

49:05

we're not going to hire any here

49:08

lava didn't go to church very often

49:10

they say are you liking the light

49:12

of the most accurate news about my situation

49:15

prefer the my website www dot

49:17

literally unscrew she does house so

49:19

why the change of heart of change sudden

49:22

richard screw see repenting for passing

49:25

the could have something to do with the fact that the jury

49:28

at his trial consist of the five

49:30

whites and seven african american that

49:33

why you showed up the core with an entourage

49:35

of black preachers every day

49:37

richards cursing trying to told the

49:39

jury

49:40

why should we start living simply

49:43

because he's been accused of something wasn't

49:45

what would you recommend

49:46

you want me to go sit my run the

49:49

no i'm not gonna do that if we can work

49:52

to live people have an end to positive signs

49:55

while i'm sitting here waiting

49:59

that are denied cbs evening news justice

50:02

antonin scalia decides not to remove

50:04

himself from a case involving his friend

50:06

the vice president's

50:08

on may nineteenth two thousand

50:10

and five after an exhausting

50:12

five month trial

50:14

the jury began deciding richards curses

50:16

fate on the thirty six charges

50:18

there remains the deliberations

50:21

took over a month because one juror

50:23

was dismissed and replaced for health reasons

50:26

finally on june twenty ninth two thousand

50:28

and five

50:29

the decision was made in ,

50:31

alabama what many saw as a surprising

50:34

verdict in the case against former health

50:36

south city or richard scrushy after

50:38

twenty one days of deliberation jurors

50:41

found screw she's not guilty on all

50:43

thirty six counts of conspiracy and

50:45

securities fraud prosecutors

50:47

brought the charges after discovering a two point

50:49

seven billion dollar accounting fraud

50:51

and health south the nation's largest

50:53

outpatient surgery company and when

50:56

we return john paul's fast

50:58

track to sainthood so many followers claiming

51:00

he's performed miracles since his death

51:03

will take will look

51:05

quarter was prevented it was brought up the company

51:08

but there was not enough evidence to prove that richard

51:10

screws he was involved one of the

51:12

jurors told the wall street journal while

51:14

getting a haircut at a birmingham barbershop

51:18

that a juror a pretty year old black

51:20

woman

51:20

when her decision to the journal as well

51:23

the wording that they used i

51:25

could have met several different things he said

51:28

and added the should have gotten fingerprints

51:30

on those records

51:32

outside the courthouse

51:34

richard screw she was celebrating see

51:37

, told us that we love each other we have got

51:41

i have compassion for could you don't

51:43

know who's next who's gonna be attacked

51:45

next

51:46

richard school she spent more than twenty five

51:48

million dollars on his defense also

51:51

concerns reimbursed and for most of it

51:54

what of victory

51:55

the only was richard avoiding prison time

51:58

but he would also not after forfeit

51:59

the well for property for now at

52:02

least he was still facing a massive

52:04

civil trial and shareholder lawsuits

52:08

as for scorsese former health south family

52:10

members and wagon pullers

52:12

they weren't so lucky

52:13

the bro them serve short still from prison

52:16

bill owens received a longer sentence

52:18

of five years when he got

52:20

out he was destitute in the fourth

52:23

you can muddle guilty pleas the health

52:25

south frog as an embarrassing defeat for the

52:28

united states department of justice

52:30

press on the heels of former alabama

52:32

governor don siegelman case that

52:34

the judge all but throughout

52:36

we certainly hope that they

52:38

would believe those witnesses he pled guilty

52:40

to their crimes and implicated

52:43

mr screw see and put him as a i

52:45

coconspirators

52:47

how humiliating

52:49

that not all hope is lost

52:52

the former aide of see comments name to

52:54

make bailey had recently come forward

52:56

with information they implicated both richard

52:58

screw sheep and don siegelman and

53:00

a crime how convenient

53:04

allegedly richards kersey have given five

53:06

hundred thousand dollars to don siegelman nineteen

53:08

ninety nine education lottery campaign

53:11

in exchange for a seat on alabama certificate

53:13

of need board aboard that regulates

53:16

hospital construction

53:17

that really told federal authorities that he

53:19

with as a private meeting in the governor's office

53:22

but when siegel minutes crucial the

53:24

heard their discussion of the quid pro quo

53:27

and he saw a check change hands

53:30

both don siegelman and richards goosey

53:32

denied the accusations yes

53:34

they admitted scrushy have donated money

53:36

to the effort but mom exchange

53:38

for anything because he was a

53:40

republican who showered his money on both

53:42

sides of every campaign and more

53:44

importantly he already had a seat

53:46

on the board and question for three proceeding

53:49

governorships he didn't need the

53:51

bride siegelman the get it and

53:53

on october twenty since two thousand two thousand

53:55

on the strength of nick bally's testimony of

53:58

don siegelman and richard screw

53:59

the were indicted on bribery and mail

54:02

fraud charges

54:03

the trial began in may two thousand six

54:06

bailey repeated understand that he saw

54:08

the bribe happen the , argued

54:10

that it was impossible the dates on

54:13

the check in the meeting didn't even line up

54:15

and since when was donating for donating seat on seat

54:17

board considered bribery

54:19

literally every single politician

54:21

does it and , dozen for

54:23

george w bush appointed one hundred

54:25

and forty six donors to positions

54:28

and his administration how's

54:30

that different from what siegelman and scrushy

54:32

were accused of doing

54:34

the widening the defense proclaimed

54:36

don siegelman didn't even personally benefit

54:39

from the transaction this case

54:41

was unprecedented and without merit

54:44

siegelman council are you

54:47

it's excruciating legal team was led by

54:49

fred gray who had once represented

54:51

martin luther king jr and rosa parks

54:54

curses use of race on has bribery

54:56

trial was even more egregious than the last

54:59

he played up a selma root for

55:02

, closing arguments gross his lawyer set up

55:04

a poster of the a male case i have a dream

55:06

speech has spread gray and for

55:08

jurors to return a not guilty verdict

55:11

to quote make dr king's

55:13

dream come true

55:15

the time

55:17

on june twenty ninth two thousand six

55:19

adderall juri samples don siegelman

55:22

and richard scrushy guilty of

55:24

seven of thirty three felony counts

55:27

ever since two thousand seventy thousand

55:30

seventy and six years in prison respectively

55:33

both men were immediately taken into custody

55:36

and not allowed to report at a later

55:38

date

55:39

former alabama governor don siegelman will

55:41

be in court tomorrow as well in montgomery

55:43

the judge overseeing his appeal has ordered

55:46

him to appear for his request for

55:48

release while his appeal is

55:50

ongoing the sixty eight year old is

55:52

currently serving as seventy eight month sentence

55:54

for bribery conspiracy and obstruction

55:57

of justice charges at a federal facility

55:59

and

55:59

louisiana siegelman appeal

56:02

hearing in atlanta

56:12

less than a year later don siegelman

56:14

was released from federal prison while

56:16

he appealed his conviction the

56:18

former governor the ledger that his prosecution

56:21

was politically motivated

56:23

again but all traced back

56:25

to karl rove as

56:34

, as long as

56:41

well as follows

56:46

that amount ninety nine a bush

56:48

appointed federal prosecutor came to

56:50

learn to marry began investigating

56:53

don siegelman the would soon be campaigning

56:55

to be reelected governor of alabama

56:58

we're a canary was married to a man named bill

57:01

canary

57:02

the open areas karl rove political

57:04

consulting partner and he was also

57:06

the campaign manager of siegelman opponent

57:08

bob riley

57:10

that's right

57:11

the us prosecutor was investigating

57:13

her husband's political rival riggleman

57:16

president labour just loving bird anything

57:18

to smear on with when

57:20

the canary connection became public eight months

57:22

into the investigation laura canary

57:25

recused herself the up she

57:27

didn't really nope

57:29

later released by a former department of justice

57:32

staffer rebuilder laura can marry

57:34

was still very much involved in the siegelman

57:36

investigation until his arrest

57:38

in two thousand and five stay as

57:40

i can put me in prison for nine months

57:42

for appointing registration thing the

57:45

fourth gov to reappoint registration

57:47

they oughta be able to execute written

57:49

carry for what he did in texas

57:52

another whistleblower came forward with information

57:54

backing up these claims of prosecutorial

57:57

misconduct

57:58

the unit your simpson and

57:59

them a lawyer and republican operative

58:02

the congressional investigators under oath

58:05

that she was on a conference call or she heard

58:07

bill can marry tell and campaign workers not

58:10

to worry about don siegelman

58:11

that is quote girl

58:14

us prosecutors laura canary

58:16

in alice martin would take care of

58:18

them they finally did

58:20

the richard scrushy

58:23

oh and nick bailey why

58:25

would nick bailey doors old boss under the

58:27

bus like that anyway

58:29

he was a crook to of course

58:32

the bailey himself had accepted bribes while

58:34

working for don siegelman more than

58:36

one hundred thousand dollars worth

58:38

the had gotten caught

58:40

the really brokered a deal with prosecutors to

58:43

testify against don siegelman the

58:45

later admitted that us prosecutors coached

58:47

him on what to say the up to seventy

58:50

interrogations of bailey took place without

58:52

required pre trial disclosure to the defense

58:55

from the the meetings were never divulged

58:58

the rock a rumor the nick bailey was repeating

59:00

the government's words to prevent publicizing

59:03

in the lead sexual relationship between

59:05

nick and dawn them paid

59:07

a prominent alabama businessman told

59:10

harper's magazine that he had a conversation

59:12

with nick bailey and share the details

59:14

quote the cost of told me

59:16

that one of the agents working be siegelman scrushy

59:18

prosecution the on whether you

59:20

have ever taken illegal drugs with gov siegelman

59:23

or have a sexual relationship with them

59:26

the comments have a dramatic effect on nick

59:29

and and my observation significantly

59:32

to the pressure he fell to go along with whatever

59:34

the prosecutors one is on to say that

59:37

doesn't end there

59:38

the judge and siegelman case had

59:40

a hand in this to see ,

59:42

was forced out of office because he was a violent

59:45

saudi beta is why is he committed

59:47

does a violent crimes

59:50

was found

59:54

guilty of perjury lying to

59:56

police

59:58

all of that is true but the

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a billion dollar judgment and a civil

1:02:02

suit brought against come by health south and dusters

1:02:05

the with enough them they could sing the blues

1:02:09

traveler , such

1:02:12

a way suppose when will last

1:02:15

i am leading man is not be

1:02:17

and there

1:02:19

the nine year old richard scrushy was

1:02:21

released from federal custody on

1:02:23

july twenty six twenty twelve after

1:02:25

serving nearly six years

1:02:28

seventy year old don siegelman was

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released five years later on feb

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eight twenty seventeen

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oh rove denies having any

1:02:36

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