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Is the U.S. Department of Justice Probing Trump-Era Lackeys from Alabama?
Since November, we have been told by high-level sources that a federal investigation is ongoing in Birmingham and focused on “obstruction” and other alleged crimes. Balch & Bingham appears to be in disarray, suffering from internal strife since late last year and we know that something is going on. In Tuesday’s post, we outlined five areas that could potentially lead to more federal indictments. Today, we list a cast of characters that should be interviewed by federal investigators. Undoubtedly, backers, insiders, lackeys and stooges from Alabama who were tied to the Trump Administration appear to have tried to protect their…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
More Federal Criminal Indictments Needed Against Three Stooges
With the Alabama Supreme Court saying Balch must stand trial for fraud in ex-Drummond executive David Roberson’s $75 million civil lawsuit, more criminal indictments are needed. The Three Stooges of this horrific saga known as the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal need to be held accountable. The rebirth of the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal may go on for another three or four years in secret, in a sealed and closed Star Chamber. However, federal investigators can and must dig deep into the shenanigans. Larry, Curly and Moe have been replaced by “Lying” Balch, “Confused” Drummond, and “Unmentionable” Alabama Power. 1. More…
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Lethal Blow to Balch & Bingham?
No general counsel or government attorney can justify hiring Balch & Bingham any longer because the firm appears to be a third-party risk. The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court two weeks ago declaring that Balch & Bingham will stand trial for fraud in ex-Drummond executive David Roberson’s $75 million civil lawsuit appears to be a lethal blow to the once-prestigious, silk-stocking law firm. The Alabama Supreme Court noted in its decision that the embattled law firm argued that “Balch had owed no duty to Roberson because Drummond, not Roberson, was Balch’s client.” The Supreme Court concluded: For the purposes…
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Drummond, Alabama Power, and the “Illegal Discharge of Pollutants through Underground Water”
Is the contamination of underground water the possible genesis of the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal born at the offices of Balch and Bingham? The Birmingham Business Journal reported this week: The U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama determined that substantial, contaminated sub-surface flow discharging from Drummond’s site into the Black Warrior River near Praco on a daily basis is an illegal discharge of pollutants through underground water in violation of federal law. Is Alabama Power’s Miller Steam Plant next? This past December, CNN reported that the EPA was probing Alabama Power. CNN’s visual and interactive story on polluting ash…
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RICO, Actors, and Staged Events
[This post originally was published on October 22, 2018 before Alabama Power was linked to the staged arrest of Burt Newsome or the filing of ex-Drummond executive David Roberson’s $75 million civil suit. The Crosswhite Scandal (alleged imdemnity deals and secret million-dollar contracts) and the ever-growing Matrix Meltdown appear to have spurred a federal investigation. The actors, paid agents, and smear artists serving as apologists to Alabama Power and/or Balch & Bingham have only amplified the alleged insidious and corrupt misconduct. Now in 2022, Crosswhite has done nothing to cut ties with Balch. The secret $2.5 million in contracts with…
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Radioactive: Balch’s Alleged Racism and Tokenism; FBI Raid Talk of Chattering Class
B. Shane Clanton who served for more than two decades at BBVA USA bank including as General Counsel and CEO has joined the law offices of Bradley Arant. BBVA USA’s original charter was co-founded by long-ago Balch attorney Schuyler Allen Baker, Sr. in 1964. Baker was a staunch segregationist and part of racist Alabama Governor George Wallace’s inner circle. Baker Sr. also was part of the legal team that defended Wallace’s intent to keep the University of Alabama segregated until President John F. Kennedy sent in the national guard. Even through all the name changes and acquisitions, BBVA USA was…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Numerous Dirty Deeds? Matrix Meltdown Amplifies Alleged Criminal Misconduct
The Matrix Meltown is an ugly reality: two entities countersuing each other in two states, “Sloppy Joe” Perkins’ lawyers issuing worthless demand letters, internal Matrix documents being slowly leaked, media following the non-profit entities and money laundering trail, and allegedly federal investigators probing possible obstruction of justice and Civil Rights violations. Matrix is closely tied to Alabama Power and its sister-wife, siamese twin Balch & Bingham. The obscure political consulting group has a legendary if not a mythical reputation of engaging in alleged dirty tricks and alleged sinister if not criminal misconduct. Is it true or fantasy? Now everything is…
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At Auburn City Council Meeting, Public Mauls Balch & Bingham to Shreds
Balch’s reputation appears to be so battered that just choosing the firm appears to have become an extreme liability on its own. Is Balch’s reputation and public image truly this awful? Not a single person at the City Council Meeting last night in Auburn, Alabama defended Balch & Bingham. Not a single person. Testimony after testimony mauled Balch to shreds. Balch’s public image appears to be in shambles. The timing comes just hours after a federal three-judge panel rejected a state redistricting plan for Congress that “dilutes the voting power of Black residents.” Balch was involved in those redistricting plans.…
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Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Meltdown: Andy2K, Matrix, and Sloppy Joe
Sloppy Joe appears to not have had strong internal controls or high-end security to protect himself or his clients even though he was paid millions. Andrew “Andy2K” Campbell, the illustrious attorney who represents embattled law firm Balch and Bingham, also represents Matrix, the obscure political consulting firm, and its founder Joe Perkins. Andy2K picked up his nickname after he donated $2,000 to Judge Carole Smitherman, the Queen of the secretive Star Chamber, at the height of the Newsome Conspiracy Case, just weeks before he became lead counsel for Balch. Smitherman was the presiding judge. While the Newsome Conspiracy Case has exhausted…
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Trade Secrets? Not! $2.5 Million in Questionable Contracts without Invoices Affirms Crosswhite Scandal
The non-existent agreements do indeed exist, and Crosswhite should be fired, retired, or forced to resign. And if improprieties are found, Crosswhite should be criminally charged. With the exposure of $2.5 million in contracts without the need of invoices, lawyers for Alabama Power’s carte blanche consultant have demanded that the contracts be removed from a news website calling the questionable contracts “trade secrets.” The cannibals of Alabama are eating each other alive, knife and fork, as the Matrix Meltdown exposes the dark secrets and hidden agreements of Alabama Power and the obscure political consulting firm called Matrix. Yesterday, the website…
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Smoking Gun! Crosswhite, the SEC, and $2.5 Million Carte Blanche to Matrix
What a miserable start of the new year for Southern Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Alabama Power and the subsidiary’s embattled CEO Mark A. Crosswhite. The Matrix Meltdown is causing a storm of documents to be leaked and now a published report outlines how Alabama Power allegedly dished out $2.5 million to Joe Perkins, the founder of the obscure political consulting firm Matrix, without the need to provide itemized invoices. Website donaldwatkins.com writes: [Alabama Power] has made Perkins its perennial contracting partner. We have obtained copies of two recent APC contracts with Perkins. [Click here to read contracts APC Agreement No.…
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Elderly Exploitation Scandal, Mississippi Controversy, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Imploding? Nothing Merry at Balch
The arrest of an alleged pedophile, an alleged Elderly Exploitation Scandal probe, the rental assistance debacle in Mississippi, the beginning of a 5-year prison sentence for an ex-Balch partner, an alleged federal investigation of obstruction of justice, and the exodus of two legacy partners to end the year, Balch and Bingham appears to be imploding. A year ago, the embattled law firm launched to great fanfare a free “boost” program to allegedly help minority-owned and women-owned small businesses. No one believed Balch and the legal community laughed heartedly since Balch reserved the right to discriminate. Observers viewed the act as…
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Obstruction Destruction! Another Balch Legacy Partner Exits
Jennifer Powell Decker, a seasoned Balch & Bingham partner and one of the top-ranking women at the embattled firm, has dumped Balch after 15 dedicated years. The announcement follows the abrupt and suprising departure of long-time Balch legacy partner Rob Fowler who appears to have taken a step downward, becoming inside counsel for a coal company currently not operating due to the lack of permits. Powell Decker is now “of counsel” at Baker Donelson in Birmingham according to news reports. Last week, we learned from high-level sources that an alleged federal probe is looking at possible obstruction of justice. Allegedly…
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The Matrix Meltdown, the Feds, and the Money Trail
Balch & Bingham and their sister-wife Alabama Power have relied on the obscure services of Matrix, the political consulting firm that dropped the mailing during the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal that reprehensibly discouraged African-Americans from having their toxic and contaminated property tested by the EPA. Matrix has a legendary (if not mythical) reputation of being a “dirty tricks” outfit that allegedly engages in AstroTurf efforts and smear campaigns. Joe Perkins, the head of Matrix, is in a two-state legal battle with former protégé Jeff Pitts. The Matrix Meltdown has provoked a probe from federal investigators, sources claim, and an avalanche…
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CNN: EPA Probing Alabama Power
Posted yesterday, CNN’s bombshell visual and interactive story on polluting ash ponds outlines potential environmental disasters and the “money-making” schemes surrounding those foolish decisions. Alabama Power’s Barry Plant (and toxic ash pond) near Mobile, Alabama is a central figure of the investigative story and highlights the controversy surrounding the future of these contaminated ash ponds. But the real explosive grenade was confirmation that the EPA is probing Alabama Power. CNN reports: While state regulators approved Alabama Power’s plans for the Barry pond in July, EPA Administrator Regan told CNN last month that his agency is “actively investigating (…) the Plant Barry situation.” “We…
