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Pure Hogwash and Phone Perjury
We told you so. The statement that the pre-paid wireless phone number connecting all the alleged co-conspirators in the Newsome Conspiracy Case is a “routing switch” is pure hogwash. Going to a major wireless carrier (T-Mobile), we found that the number central to the Newsome Conspiracy Case is eligible for porting and available for transfer to another carrier. Thus (205) 410-1494 is not a routing switch. As we wrote in early October, by sealing the Newsome Conspiracy Case and conducting secret Star Chamber proceedings, we strongly believe Judge Carole Smitherman may be covering up alleged criminal acts and perjury. Balch…
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Did Balch Use or Abuse Alabama Power?
As we reviewed the Robinson Bribery Case, which involves a bribery scheme surrounding the North Birmingham CERCLA/Superfund site, we found an interesting fact that we believe may cause another Balch client, Alabama Power, to scream foul. Former Balch lobbyist Jeffrey H. Wood, the current acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources whose nomination we successfully blocked, met with congressional staff or members on Capitol Hill in 2016, around the time of the alleged bribery scheme. According to lobbying disclosure reports, Wood met on Capitol Hill to discuss CERCLA/Superfund laws and policies in the second quarter and third quarters of 2016.…
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Another Chapter…
What will it take for Balch & Bingham to come to their senses? A management change? More indictments? More partners fleeing? We, the CDLU, have engaged in fights for goodness and justice for almost 17 years. In addition, we have provided or secured over $10 million in medical services for the sick and the dying. Our track record is solid and includes: Fighting a corrupt adult day care center that protected a sexual predator for almost a year who sexually abused developmentally disabled adult children and transmitted an STD to these innocent children. The center was eventually shut down because…
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Star Chamber Now Sinking Balch’s Reputation
Balch & Bingham lost half of their paying D.C. lobbying clients in recent months. On top of that, a 20-year veteran at Balch & Bingham, William F. Stiers, left the firm last week. Besides the federal indictments and two ongoing federal probes what else is sinking Balch’s reputation? The Star Chamber. Foolishly, Balch partner Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr., at the height of public scrutiny and the aftermath of Oliver Robinson’s plea deal, pushed for the sealing of the Newsome Conspiracy Case where all proceedings are now held in secret with no public information or access available. The Star Chamber is…
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Now a Liability? Balch’s Success in Changing Russian Sanctions
The Washington Post made a strong observation as they wrote about Russian ties to the President’s orbit of advisors. “While Trump has sought to dismiss these Russia ties as insignificant, or characterized the people involved in them as peripheral figures, it has now become clear that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III views at least some of them as important pieces of his sprawling investigation of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential campaign. Documents released last week as part of Papadopoulos’s guilty plea show that Mueller’s team is deeply interested in the Trump campaign’s operations, including possible links to Moscow,…
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Stiers Jumps Ship; Firms Terminating Balch & Bingham as Lobbyists
[UPDATE: Politico.com quotes Stiers as saying, “The Balch platform is great for energy and environmental issues but my portfolio doesn’t sync with that.” Come on! Stiers worked for Balch for 20 years, and he just figured out he was out of sync? We actually think bribery allegations, federal indictments, criminal conspiracies, and website scrubs didn’t sync with Stiers.] William F. Stiers, the Balch lobbyist whose resume and website profile were scrubbed of any references to successfully changing Russian sanctions in March, has jumped ship. Stiers is now working for another Alabama law firm, Maynard Cooper. In late June, we wrote…
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Forensic Audit of Russian-Linked Black Hall Aerospace
Concealment, perpetuation, and personal gain. Those words ought to sound familiar to prosecutors at the Office of Special Counsel of the U.S. Justice Department. On May 23, 2017, Balch & Bingham attempted to deceive the public and Politico.com of their lobbying efforts on behalf of Russian-linked Black Hall Aerospace, saying they “previous represented” the firm owned by Soviet immigrant Oleg Sirbu when in fact they were still representing them at the time. But why on or about March 2, 2017, after we had exposed their connection to the Russian-linked aerospace company, did Balch scrub their website of all references to…
