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Clandestine Spying Scandal Erupts! Will Fanning Fire Crosswhite, Matrix, and Balch & Bingham?
Utterly shocking! Southern Company Chairman and CEO Tom Fanning (and others) were allegedly under clandestine surveillance by Matrix operatives on behalf of Alabama Power executives, according to new court filing from “Jittery Jeff” Pitts in the ongoing Matrix Meltdown, a two-state, mudslinging legal battle. Pitts’ stunning court pleading (as a defendant against Matrix founder “Sloppy Joe” Perkins) states: This afternoon Pulitzer-winning journalist John Archibald reported: Records obtained by AL.com reveal that in May 2017 Matrix hired a Florida private investigator to gather information on associates of Tom Fanning, the CEO of The Southern Company, the nation’s second-largest utility, which owns…
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U.S. Congresswoman Demands DOJ Probe Concerning Utilities and Matrix Meltdown
U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor dispatched a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday demanding a probe of Alabama Power’s alleged go-to political fixer, Matrix, the obscure political consulting firm engaged in alleged influence peddling and alleged criminal acts. WINK News reports: U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday that recent press reports in Florida had “exposed apparent corruption, influence peddling and breaches of the public trust by Florida’s largest electric utility Florida Power & Light and its officers.” “Numerous public corruption scandals involving electric utilities across the country have resulted…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Damaging: Pitts Deposition Explodes! Are Alleged Criminal Acts tied to Three Stooges Ready to be Exposed?
The Matrix Meltdown has caused serious blows between founder “Sloppy Joe” Perkins and his once-protégé “Jittery Jeff ” Pitts. As we mentioned last week, Pitts has been subpoenaed for a deposition by Perkins’ legal team. Now the question is: What damaging information will Pitts reveal in his deposition? After last week’s bombshell report in The Guardian, Perkins’ legal team whined and cried to the media. AL.com reported last Friday: Cason Kirby, an attorney representing Perkins in the fraud lawsuit, called the Guardian story “unfair,” pointing out that the basis for the series of stories was based on emails from Pitts…
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Bombshell Report: Alabama Power Goes Mute; Matrix Meltdown Could Bring More Indictments
Are more indictments coming? A lengthy bombshell report in The Guardian today on the Matrix Meltdown has caused Alabama Power to go mute. Matrix is an obscure political consulting firm tied to alleged unsavory misconduct. The Guardian reports: “Southern Company and Alabama Power run the state of Alabama,” [former Alabama Public Service Commission member Terry] Dunn said. “They work off intimidating. You gotta bow down and kiss the ring.” A spokesperson for the company declined to comment on the firm’s activities. Perkins called Matrix’s work for the utility “confidential”. Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law…
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Is Ex-Balch CCO Steve Feaga Cooperating with Feds?
Two weeks ago, sources told us that Stephen P. Feaga, Balch & Bingham’s first-ever Chief Compliance Officer, had drawn the interest of the U.S. Department of Justice. Feaga, a pillar of integrity, was appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Balch in December of 2017, three months after Balch partners Joel I. Gilbert and Steven McKinney were indicted in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal. We, the CDLU, praised the decision at the time. Before he joined Balch, Feaga was the Deputy Director of Enforcement and Litigation at the Alabama Securities Commission. Before that, Feaga was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the…
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Federal Investigators Briefed on Alleged Money Laundering of Over $50 Million using 18 Tax-Exempt Entities
Alabama Power has secretly paid millions to the embattled political consulting firm Matrix, LLC and its founder “Sloppy Joe” Perkins who sloppily outlined alleged criminal misconduct spanning over a decade in a since-deleted post on Yellowhammernews.com on June 30th. We, the CDLU, have briefed federal investigators on the alleged money laundering of over $50 million using 18 tax-exempt 501 (c) 4 entities. These tax-exempt entities are designed to be “social welfare organizations” and must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare of the people of the community. We are sure that funneling money to “ghost candidates” in…
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Oompa Loompa! “Sloppy Joe” Throws Tantrum while Outlining Alleged Criminal Misconduct
“If you are not greedy, you will go far. You will live in happiness, too.” Oompa Loompa song, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory “Sloppy Joe” Perkins, the founder of Matrix, the obscure political consulting firm that is in the center of an ugly two-state divorce between Perkins and his once-protégé “Jittery Jeff” Pitts, threw a tantrum last week dispatching a rambling, disconnected statement to yellowhammernews.com falsely accusing us, the CDLU, of conspiring with DonaldWatkins.com and one Lisa Swoboda, a cavalier dog rescuer, of defaming him. Maybe “Sloppy Joe” didn’t like the photo of the two mud wrestlers from our…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Matrix Meltdown: “Sloppy Joe” and “Jittery Jeff” Mud Wrestle in Florida
“Sloppy Joe” Perkins, the infamous founder of the obscure political consulting firm Matrix, and his once-protégé “Jittery Jeff” Pitts have made headlines again. The Guardian published an investigative report on the ugly he-said, he-said fighting between the two men of mythical fame. After a document dump landed in journalists’ laps, the two mud wrestlers smeared each other. The Guardian writes: Perkins declined to say whether he is the source of the documents leaked to journalists but verified that the records are legitimate. He confirmed that Matrix was able to locate the records on Pitts’ former laptop. Perkins blames Pitts and…
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Bombshell Report: Was Judge Kallon Used, Abused, and Exploited by the Three Stooges?
Did Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon agree to a secret deal to keep Alabama Power “unmentionable” during the North Birmingham Bribery Trial because of his past financial agreements and possible embarrassing personal behavior? After dropping a bomb by exposing the multi-million-dollar secret contracts between Alabama Power and “Sloppy Joe” Perkins, the investigative news site DonaldWatkins.com has landed another punch: Abdul Kallon was an attorney with the prestigious Birmingham-based law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP (Bradley Arant) from 1994 until President Barack Obama nominated him to the federal bench on July 31, 2009. Kallon and his law firm provided…
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Are the Three Stooges Next? “Shadow Investigation” and Targeting Opponents Rocks Capitol Hill and the NFL
The Washington Post broke the news this morning: Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder and members of his legal team conducted a “shadow investigation” and compiled a “dossier” targeting former team employees, their attorneys and journalists in an attempt to discredit his accusers and shift blame following allegations of widespread misconduct in the team’s workplace, according to the findings of the investigation conducted by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Moreover, Snyder hired private investigators and lawyers to unearth inappropriate emails and evidence aimed at convincing the NFL and Beth Wilkinson, who was conducting a league-sponsored investigation into sexual harassment…
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Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Balch & Bingham Loses Tens of Millions for $242,000
Since 2017, how much has Balch lost in the aggregate? $26 million? $57 million? $100 million? or More? More than once, we have paused and asked ourselves, “Is Balch really this stupid?“ The autopsy of Balch partner William D. Lineberry appears to show that the alleged financial woes of Balch & Bingham may have impacted the esteemed legacy partner and caused Lineberry to commit suicide. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Balch’s lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. have plummeted. From 2017 to 2021, Balch has lost over $4,000,000 in direct lobbing revenue compared to a high in 2016 of…
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Will Government-Made Millionaire Katie Britt “Shield and Protect” Alleged Corruption by the Three Stooges?
Tuesday night the anointed candidate for U.S. Senate of the Alabama establishment failed miserably and could not garner 50 percent of the vote to win the nomination outright. She now faces a stiff runoff election. The Three Stooges (Balch & Bingham, Alabama Power, and Drummond Company) are backing the anointed one: Katie Britt for U.S. Senate in Alabama. Stan Blanton, Managing Partner at Balch; Mark A. Crosswhite. CEO and Chairman of Alabama Power; and Richard Mullen, President of Drummond Company, each gave the maximum allowed federal contribution to Britt. Katie Britt is a government-made millionaire, having made over $600,000 as…
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Radio Silence from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
The radio silence does not confirm or negate anything. For almost two weeks, we have been seeking confirmation, denial or a “no comment” from the the public affairs officials at the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. We were told to go through the office by a top official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that investigates child exploitation and human trafficking. Texting, leaving voicemails, and emailing spokespersons produced radio silence. The two questions on two separate matters that we asked about are based in part on unsubstantiated allegations. What is the current status…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Secret Star Chamber, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
After Suicide, National Media and Feds Zero in on Alleged Obstruction and “Criminal Concealment;” RICOs Coming?
The federal statute of limitations for obstruction of justice is five years. The timing of the alleged federal investigation makes sense. The statute would expire the summer of 2023. Suicide. Resignations. Internal turmoil. Corporate strife. Since November, Birmingham is seeing what appears to be the collapse of the house of marked cards allegedly propped up by the deep resources of Alabama Power. The Three Stooges (Balch & Bingham, Drummond, and Alabama Power) have seen their dominance stumble. High-level sources told us in late October that allegedly Mark A. Crosswhite, the Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power and a former partner…
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Breaking News: Balch Attorney Commits Suicide; Federal Investigation Rocks Balch and Southern Company; Crosswhite Out?
Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon resigned a week ago. Last Thursday, two Assistant U.S. Attorneys allegedly resigned, now yesterday sources told us and we confirmed this morning that Balch & Bingham partner William Dice Lineberry, known to many as “Bo,” committed suicide and died early yesterday. Lineberry was the Balch lawyer who helped set up the money laundering entity Alliance for Jobs and the Economy (AJE) in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal. Former Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert and ex-Drummond executive David Roberson were convicted in the scandal and are currently in federal prison. Hours after his death by suicide,…
