Why is Balch & Bingham  still following the path of Oliver Robinson, Joel Gilbert, Steven McKinney and others instead of stopping this alleged cycle of corruption and unsavory conduct?

The cartoon below is satirical but has elements of truth. The questionable first-time contributions to Judge Carole Smitherman’s husband State Senator Rodger Smitherman has been the talk of Montgomery.

Yesterday was a record breaking day of internet traffic to our website. Thank you for your readership.

[Readers:  Please take a look at yesterday’s post. We have added an update.]

Now comes the stocking stuffer.

On December 26, 2017, Judge Carole Smitherman’s husband Senator Rodger Smitherman reported receiving $2,000 from BIZPAC. A few days before that, he received $500 from VPAC. (Read the campaign finance report here.)

BIZPAC  is the same political action committee funded in part by Balch partners that donated over $15,000 to Judge  Smitherman. Balch’s lead attorney appearing before Judge Smitherman in the Newsome Conspiracy Case is Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr. who has donated thousands to BIZPAC in the past.

In July, indicted Balch partner Steven G. McKinney donated $1,000 to BIZPAC, according to state digital records.

VPAC files annual reports and their report for 2016 shows that McKinney donated $1,500 to the VPAC  in 2016, while the other indicted Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert donated $250 in 2016, according to state digital records.

Again we ask: Why now? Why Smitherman? What were they trying to influence? or is it all just a coincidence?

[Update down below.]

As we pointed out last month, Senator Rodger Smitherman, the husband of  Judge Carole Smitherman received three contributions from two donors that raises the investigative question:

Were donors attempting to influence the judge through her husband, or not?

The contributions appear to come at critical times in the Newsome Conspiracy Case that Judge Smitherman is presiding over.

Today, we take a look at another contribution:  $5,000 donated by BIPAC to  Senator Smitherman on November 16, 2017 (Read the documentation here.)

Like NEWPAC, the second contribution we profiled, BIPAC is run by Clark D. Fine, a former attorney at Balch & Bingham.

On November 15, 2017, BIPAC received $10,000 from Drummond, whose executive was indicted along with two Balch partners in September in the Oliver Robinson Bribery Scandal.

The next day, two $5,000 checks were cut: one to Smitherman, and the second to the re-election campaign of Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale.

Was it a “pay through” donation, or not?

And just like Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton and NEWPAC, this donation to Senator Smitherman is another first.

A review of 126 contributions made by BIPAC since 2013 shows these is the first contribution they made to Smitherman, according to the state’s digital records.

Since the Newsome case is operated under a secret Star Chamber, we have no idea what was occuring in November.

We now have three generous first time contributors to Smitherman.

Why now? Why Smitherman? What were they trying to influence? or is it all just a coincidence?

[UPDATE: A third political action committee tied to former Balch & Bingham attorney Clark D. Fine called CANPAC received a $10,000 donation from Drummond on the same day BIPAC did, November 15, 2017.

A check for $2,500 was issued to the Rodger Smitherman campaign right after Thanksgiving. Read the campaign finance report here. ]

Another headache for Balch & Bingham.

We have been reviewing closely the contributions given to Smitherman.  And something smells.

No, we are not talking about contributions to Judge Carole Smitherman who created an unconstitutional and secretive Star Chamber in the Newsome Conspiracy Case.

We are talking about her husband, State Senator Rodger Smitherman.

We looked at several different contributions given to Senator Smitherman after the co-conspirators, including Balch & Bingham, were all linked together in the Newsome Conspiracy Case by a single burner cell phone number in an amended complaint filed on June 30, 2017. We have found several questionable contributions, but this one is one of the most surprising.

In mid-August, Sharyn Lawson, the wife of the gentleman who had pulled a gun on Burt Newsome, was deposed. She is the sister-in-law of one of the alleged co-conspirators.  Her son was also deposed.

Both of them were represented by the esteemed  managing partner at Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, D. Leon Ashford.

On or about August 31, 2017,  the sealing of the entire Newsome Case since its inception and the creation of a Star Chamber where court proceedings are done with no public access or information available were put into effect.

On that very same day,  Senator Smitherman listed receiving a donation from Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton for $2,500, according to campaign disclosure reports. (See actual documentation here.)

Just a coincidence?

Sharyn Lawson, a highly respected former paralegal at Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, worked for the law firm for decades.  No wonder she and her son were represented by the managing partner.

A review of 131 contributions made by Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton since 2013 shows this is the first contribution they made to Smitherman, according to the state’s digital records.

Why now? Why Smitherman? What were they trying to influence? And who authorized or signed the check?

Continuing Education Connection

Now comes along Shuyler Allen Baker, Jr. the same Balch partner who lied about the CDLU in court pleadings in the Newsome case and who has donated thousands to BIZPAC, a political action committee funded in part by Balch partners that funneled over $15,000 in campaign contributions to Judge Smitherman.

His ego appears to be one of  the driving forces in the ongoing  Newsome Conspiracy case that has suffered several embarrasing, self-inflicted mistakes.

He strongly advocated for the Star Chamber and behold, he is an acquaintance of D. Leon Ashford, the managing partner at Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, appearing together last year at a Continuing Legal Education institute sponsored by the  Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.

Again we ask,  just a coincidence?

The stench is awful.

State criminal or ethics investigators should probe the matter and answer the question,  “Was this an unethical contribution to allegedly influence a judge’s impartial conduct through her husband, or not?”

And Senator Smitherman, for the love of his wife,  should immediately refund  the contribution back to Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton.

Today.

As we approach the 100-day mark since its inception, the corrupt Star Chamber created to allegedly conceal unethical and possible criminal actions in the Newsome Conspiracy Case has been effective.

The complete blackout of the procedures, hearings, filings or actions is extreme. Even our anonymous sources at the courthouse have been unable to provide us with information about the case.

We wonder…

• Is the case under mediation at an impartial setting?
• Has Balch finally come to their senses and are involved in settlement negotiations?
• Or are they picking a jury as we write?
• Has Judge Carole Smitherman tossed out parts of the case or kept the case intact?

Outside the Star Chamber, no one knows.

But we do know this judicial blackout has caused black eyes, not only to Balch & Bingham’s reputation, but to the judicial branch of Alabama.

As Section 13 of the Alabama State Constitution of 1901 states, “That all courts shall be open; and that every person, for any injury done him, in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have a remedy by due process of law; and right and justice shall be administered without sale, denial, or delay.”

Contrary to the state constitution, the Star Chamber is not open; it is a closed and concealed institution whose proceedings are held in secret with no public access or information.

Newsome’s rights were allegedly trampled on, and injustice appears to have been administered in this mockery.

Who will stand up for goodness? Who will end this injustice? Who will hold Balch’s lackeys accountable?

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 stated in court in early July that the single phone number connecting all the Newsome co-conspirators was at first from a telemarketer.

After we publicly ripped their foolishness, Balch and others then alleged it was a routing switch.

Anyone can call the phone number connecting the co-conspirators, (205) 410-1494,  the alleged “routing switch,” and you will hear a recording that says that the Verizon wireless phone number “has been changed, disconnected, or is no longer in service.”

During a deposition in late July,  Verizon officials tried to cover their rear appendages.

The “expert” allegedly representing Verizon acknowledged he had not researched if (205) 410-1494 could have been a Verizon pre-paid, burner phone and declared, “This is the first I’m hearing of it.” And then Verizon’s  corporate counsel affirmed saying, “He has no basis to dispute or not dispute.”

What will Balch & Bingham leaders do now? Will they finally adhere to the highest ethical standards as they promised in late September and hold those responsible for this ridiculous scheme accountable?

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 being run by Judge Carole Smitherman who received over $15,000 in contributions from the political action committee BIZPAC, funded in part by Balch partners, including Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr. who donated thousands.

So the donor to BIZPAC was appearing before the recipient of BIZPAC? Wow!

Is that conflict-of-interest at its worse? Is that an extension of the alleged criminal conspiracy against Burt Newsome?

When will the management team at Balch end all the shenanigans and foolishness? After the indictments of two partners, Balch implied they were going to adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct.

Why then is the Star Chamber still in existence?

Will it take more hemorrhaging, more partners to leave the firm to bring a change?

Near the time William F. Stiers joined Balch 20 years ago, the movie Titanic was all the rage.  Can you envision Schuyler and Judge Smitherman singing Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On?

We can.

The Newsome Conspiracy Case highlights what appears to be unethical, maybe even criminal behavior.

The letter sent to AT&T in early 2016 appears to have been sent to prevent phone records from being released to Newsome’s legal team.

The claims in the letter justifying the withholding of information are knowingly 100% false: there was no objection filed at the time and no valid court order was needed to release the information.

Perjury? Some think so.

We think it appears to be an intentional obstruction of justice.

Balch & Bingham leaders need to pull their heads out of the sand and clean this horrific mess up.

We learned new information from an anonymous source in the past 24 hours:  The signer of that letter is Robert M. Ronnlund.  We learned his wife, Millicent,  works as an attorney for (drum roll)… Balch & Bingham. [Update: She left as a partner at the end of 2017.]

We now believe even more strongly that Balch may have been allegedly directing this conspiracy against Newsome from the get go. As we wrote previously about our initial perspective, we were wrong.

Why in the heck would Ronnlund, who represents alleged co-conspirator Claiborne Seier in the matter, be writing to AT&T about another co-conspirator’s (John W. Bullock) phone numbers?

How would Ronnlund know all the phone numbers associated with the other alleged co-conspirator?

Is Balch in any way funding or paying for Seier’s defense? Bullock’s defense?

With what we learned in the Oliver Robinson affair, we have no idea if the letter was written by a Balch attorney or Ronnlund directly. We only know the alleged mastermind (Clark A. Cooper) was fired on March 3 by Balch.

Interestingly, Ronnlund was the same person pushing for and defending the questionable Verizon deposition on July 31^st.

We have repeatedly said that in the Newsome Conspiracy Case, Judge Carole Smitherman, who sealed the case  in its entirety and is  conducting proceedings in secret, looks like she is possibly hiding perjury or criminal acts.

The AT&T letter, now sealed and hidden from public scrutiny,  exemplifies conduct unbecoming of a lawyer who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama, and demonstrates unequivocally that allegations of perjury or criminal acts are warranted.

Two important questions: Why did Judge Carole Smitherman seal the entire Newsome Conspiracy Case five weeks ago without a hearing? Why are all proceedings now done in secret in a Star Chamber in Birmingham with no public access or public schedule available?

We strongly believe Smitherman may be covering up alleged criminal acts and perjury. She appears to have been duped by Balch & Bingham and the alleged co-conspirators.

Balch stated in court that a single phone number connecting all the Newsome co-conspirators was at first from a telemarketer.

After we publicly ripped their foolishness  (to the delight of the wine drinking, chattering class in Mountain Brook), Balch and others then alleged it was a routing switch.

Anyone can call the phone number connecting the co-conspirators, (205) 410-1494,  the alleged “routing switch,” and you will hear a recording that says that the Verizon wireless phone number “has been changed, disconnected, or is no longer in service.”

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist in Huntsville to figure out that the “routing switch” narrative appears to be a damn lie.

Now we hope federal investigators and investigative journalists open the pandora box in the coming weeks.

And where should they start?

Since we have no new records, filings, or information available since August 31st,  we can look at a single piece of evidence that shows alleged criminal and truly unsettling conduct associated with the Newsome case: the letter to AT&T from 2016 .

The AT&T letter was drafted by an alleged co-conspirator’s attorney sent to prevent AT&T phone records (for another co-conspirator) from being released to Newsome or anyone else.

The letter affirms that the alleged co-conspirators obviously knew each other. So, we ask again, who perjured whom?

What looks like obstruction of justice, this letter demonstrates what damn lies these folks will say to impede justice and abuse the legal system.

Vowing to make sure all partners and staff “are adhering to the highest standards of legal and ethical compliance,” Balch & Bingham leaders now need to engage in critical and concrete steps to show that their words are not fluff, public relations hot air.

First and foremost, Balch leaders need to dismantle the unethical, corrupt, and embarrassing Star Chamber, a court conducting secret proceedings with no public information or access available in regards to the Newsome Conspiracy Case.

The Star Chamber was created to allegedly cover up what appears to be unethical, possibly criminal acts, including perjury.

It’s a dirty and unethical trick that used Balch’s political connections to Judge Carole Smitherman, a sitting judge who received over $15,000 in contributions from a political action committee funded in part by Balch partners.

As al.com journalist John Archibald noted in a column on Sunday, an indicted  Balch partner used political connections and another dirty and unethical trick in the Robinson Bribery Case:

“A group worried about health consequences in a poor, polluted area made plans to speak to a state regulator that could help speed cleanup in the area, and the regulator leaked her argument straight to a [Balch & Bingham] lawyer who represented polluters in the area. And he prepared them for battle.”

Yesterday, we noted the parallel similarities between the Robinson Bribery Case and Newsome Conspiracy Case. (See image above.) Now, sadly, we can add dirty tricks to the similarities.

Secondly, if Balch & Bingham leaders are serious about adhering to the highest standards, then they must also investigate the alleged perjury in the Newsome Conspiracy Case.

Let’s review the matter:

• • In June,  after Newsome attorneys reviewed phone records, which were held up for months by creative legal maneuvers, they were able to connect all co-conspirators to a single phone number.
  • In July, at an open court hearing of the Newsome Conspiracy Case, Balch lawyers absurdly suggested that the phone number was from a telemarketer.
  • In late July, a filing including a Calera (Alabama) Police Department document, that was not a sworn statement, we began seeing the alleged narrative that the phone number was not a phone number but a “routing switch.”
  • Then a notice of a questionable deposition with a Verizon corporate representative was filed on the afternoon of  Thursday, July 27, 2017 for a deposition occurring in two business days.
  • According to Alacourt.com, no subpoena for Verizon was ever filed with the court. [Alacourt.com  documents are now unavailable due to the Star Chamber.]
  • After the sealed deposition with Verizon took place on Monday July 31st, Balch filed a motion to dismiss Newsome’s  amended complaint calling the phone number allegation a “falsity” and  Judge Carole Smitherman, that same week without a hearing, signed the order.
  • Incredibly as if they knew the fix was in, Balch had dispatched a letter to Newsome’s attorney the Friday before the questionable Verizon deposition threatening them with the Alabama Litigation Liability Act if they did not dismiss the case, regurgitating the narrative that the phone number connecting the co-conspirators was not a phone number,  not a telemarketer as Balch had said in open court, but now a routing switch.
  • Balch appears to have misinterpreted the questionable deposition. The fellow allegedly representing Verizon acknowledged he had not researched if the phone  could have been a Verizon pre-paid, burner phone and declared, “This is the first I’m hearing of it.” And then Verizon’s  corporate counsel affirmed saying, “He has no basis to dispute or not dispute.”
  • Newsome’s legal team provided hard evidence that the Verizon phone number was indeed a burner, pre-paid telephone including Verizon’s letter affirming records were not kept for more than a year (unlike regular cell phones) and that it appears to have been associated with the voter registration of an alleged co-conspirator.
  • Finally, if you call the alleged “routing switch,” you will hear a recording that says that the Verizon phone number “has been changed, disconnected, or is no longer in service.”

We have no idea what new developments, motions, or filings have occurred since the Star Chamber came into play on or about August 31st, but Balch must dismantle the Star Chamber and investigate the alleged perjury.

Balch & Bingham’s reputation is at great risk and if they do not bite their lips and address these issues directly, as one respected legal dinosaur in Birmingham told us, “Balch will not survive.”

Why was Balch & Bingham so confident in comments not made under oath or in a deposition that was yet to take place in which Verizon had not even been subpoenaed about?

[Since no information is available on the Newsome Conspiracy Case since August 31st because Judge Smitherman created a corrupt Star Chamber, we are re-publishing this post from Monday, August 14, 2017. The post is even more relevant today.]

With former and disgraced Alabama State Representative Oliver Robinson facing prison time for a $360,000 bribery scheme involving the embattled law firm Balch & Bingham, will Judge Carole Smitherman be the next Oliver Robinson?

On August 2, 2017, in a highly questionable, egregious act going against legal common-sense, Smitherman dismissed the amended complaint from June of Burt Newsome, an alleged victim of a conspiracy by Balch and others, without a hearing and without due process in less than 48 hours after Balch had filed the motion to dismiss.  She also concurrently dismissed an alleged co-conspirator from the case a day before a hearing was set on August 3^rd to discuss the matter.

Is it of no coincidence that Smitherman has received over $15,000 in campaign contributions from BIZPAC, a political action committee that is funded in part by Balch & Bingham partners?

Now, in a new amended complaint posted this weekend on Alacourt.com, Newsome’s attorney, Charles I. Brooks, General Counsel to the Civil Rights group the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, exposes more of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

He was advised not by the court but in an email from Balch’s attorney that the hearing for August 3rd had been cancelled.

The veteran and lead attorney defending Balch is none other than Schuyler Allen Baker Jr., who has donated thousands of dollars to (you can guess) BIZPAC. He’s the same illustrious attorney that filed the motion in May lying about the CDLU, and who also cited the 1961 Alabama Supreme Court decision, declaring “ruining a rival” was justified interference.

According to the latest amended case, Balch dispatched a letter to Newsome’s attorney the Friday before the questionable Verizon deposition threatening them with the Alabama Litigation Liability Act if they did not dismiss the case, regurgitating the narrative that the phone number connecting the co-conspirators was not a pre-paid cell phone,  not a telemarketer as Balch had said in open court, but now a routing switch.

Why was Balch & Bingham so confident in comments not made under oath or in a deposition that was yet to take place in which Verizon had not even been subpoenaed about?

Like Robinson, Smitherman, a Civil Rights leader who broke down many barriers, appears to be a dupe, a pawn in what looks like a scheme to suppress the truth, the whole-truth, and nothing-but-the truth.

And foolishly, Balch even appears to have misinterpreted the questionable deposition, providing  Smitherman with what looks like spliced and diced half-truths.

The fellow allegedly representing Verizon acknowledged he had not researched if (205) 410-1494 could have been a Verizon pre-paid, burner phone and declared, “This is the first I’m hearing of it.” And then Verizon’s  corporate counsel affirmed saying, “He has no basis to dispute or not dispute.”

On top of that, Brooks provided hard evidence that the Verizon phone number was indeed a burner, pre-paid telephone including Verizon’s letter affirming records were not kept for more than a year (unlike regular cell phones) and that it was  associated with the voter registration of an alleged co-conspirator.

So it was not a slam dunk after all, and Judge Smitherman appears to have dismissed a case with no due process while listening to the oral flatulence from the co-conspirators or their legal counsel.

Will Smitherman allow Balch and others to abuse her credibility as a  respected constitutional law professor like Balch abused Robinson’s credibility and legacy as a UAB basketball star?

Will Smitherman protect her legacy as the first African-American female mayor of Birmingham, who served with distinction on the city council or toss it aside for 30 pieces of campaign silver?

Will Smitherman stand up to the lying sacks of marbles once and for all and treat all parties with fairness and due process regardless of campaign contributions?

Time Smitherman took the reins back.

The parallel similarities between the Robinson Bribery Case and Newsome Conspiracy Case are striking:  the use (or abuse) of an African-American elected official, money funneled through a third party entity, contributions made, etc.

Although we are pleased that in a statement the leadership at Balch & Bingham vows to make sure partners are “adhering to the highest standards of legal and ethical compliance” throughout the firm, we feel the leaders also need to look at other unsavory conduct  from the recent past unbecoming of a 95 year-old law firm.

Since early this year, we have asked Balch to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the firm and get rid of any bad apples. Instead, for over a month now, we have an active Star Chamber, a court holding secret proceedings with no public access or information, and possibly hiding unscrupulous and criminal conduct including perjury, in downtown Birmingham.

Why? Because of our exposure of the Newsome Conspiracy Case and powerful, maybe corrupt, political connections.

The Newsome Conspiracy Case exposed the most egregious conduct we have seen in which a Balch partner, Clark A. Cooper, and others were allegedly involved in a horrific conspiracy against Burt Newsome, a small-town attorney and father of four young children who was allegedly wrongly targeted, falsely arrested, and defamed.

Because of our efforts, Cooper (pictured above, upper left) was allegedly abruptly fired by Balch on March 3.

The judge hearing the Newsome case  and who ordered the Star Chamber, without a hearing or no notice, is elected Judge Carole Smitherman (pictured above, bottom right). She sealed the public court documents on or about August 31st going back to the very inception of the case in 2015.

Smitherman received over $15,000 from BIZPAC,  a  PAC funded in part by Balch partners.  Incredibly, Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr., Balch’s lead attorney on the Newsome Conspiracy Case,  donated thousands of dollars to BIZPAC.

Balch leaders also say in their statement  that they “are continuing to cooperate fully with government authorities.”

We ask them, we ask FBI Special Agent Angel Castillo, and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town to investigate the Newsome matter;  Balch’s relationship with BIZPAC and Judge Carole Smitherman; and bring this embarrassing, corrupt Star Chamber to an end.

Is Balch & Bingham singing the blues? Are the Smithermans, too? Did they all make an enormous mistake?

Since the end of August, bowing to Balch’s wishes, Judge Carole Smitherman created a Star Chamber without a hearing, without notice to hold secret proceedings in the Burt Newsome Conspiracy Case. She sealed the public court documents going back to the very inception of the case (2015) and at the same time, created an enormous black-eye on the judicial branch in Alabama.

Smitherman, who received over $15,000 from BIZPAC,  a  PAC funded in part by Balch partners, appears to have shown the legal world what campaign contributions can buy in Alabama. Her husband Rodger is an Alabama State Senator who also received generous contributions from BIZPAC.

To add to this , Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr., Balch’s lead attorney on the Newsome Conspiracy Case,  donated thousands of dollars to BIZPAC.

Money in; money out. The Star Chamber appears to be a corrupt institution whose only purpose is to protect Balch and the co-conspirators from any public embarrassment.

Even though they foolishly hoped to end the publicity surrounding the case, the Star Chamber has provoked even more awareness, more scrutiny of the Newsome Conspiracy Case,  Balch,  and the shenanigans surrounding the case.

One of our most viral Facebook posts ever is about the Star Chamber, the Burt Newsome Conspiracy Case, and the involvement of U.S. Senator Luther Strange. As of press time, about 50,000 individuals in Alabama have viewed the post, shared the post over 700 times, and posted 300 plus comments.

The Star Chamber proceedings may be secret, but its existence is not.

And that alone is creating even deeper problems for Balch, the alleged co-conspirators in the Newsome case, and the Smithermans.

Just ask U.S. Senator Strange.

Our sources tell us that corrupt politician Oliver Robinson, who took $360,000 in bribes paid through Balch & Bingham to allegedly suppress African-Americans from testing their toxic property, will finally plead guilty on September 7, 2017 and that  legal representatives of Balch & Bingham partner Joel Gilbert, who allegedly funneled the money to Robinson and was identified as Attorney #1 by al.com, are allegedly vigorously trying to prevent any indictment or prosecution through direct channels in Washington, D.C.

But our sources also tell us the bribery investigation will proceed even after the September 7th pleading.

Now comes Judge Carole “Star Chamber” Smitherman. She took $15,000 in campaign contributions from a Balch-backed political action committee, recently sealed the Newsome Conspiracy Case and is holding all  proceedings in secret (a Star Chamber Court) with no public access or information.

All eyes are on Smitherman, even though no one knows what is happening in the Star Chamber.

In a recent correspondence to the Office of Special Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice Robert S. Mueller III about the Star Chamber, we pointed out an interesting fact:

[Oliver] Robinson’s Alabama House District (#58) overlapped State Senator Rodger Smitherman’s district (#18). He happens to be the husband of the judge. Their districts were just east of the EPA Superfund site where Robinson discouraged poor African Americans from having their toxic and contaminated property tested.

Since Robinson is singing like a canary, what melodies will arrive in September?

With the secret proceedings of the Star Chamber in place, we have now asked for a federal Civil Rights and criminal investigation of the Newsome Conspiracy Case.

What will the Smithermans sing? A duet?