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Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Balch’s Worst Year Ever
What was Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr., a Balch & Bingham senior partner, thinking when he lied about us, the CDLU, in a court pleading in May of 2017 regarding the Newsome Conspiracy Case? Did Schuyler really think his foolish and absent-minded scorched-earth fight would intimidate us? Our phone calls, emails, letters, and outreach efforts to discourage companies from utilizing Balch & Bingham for lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. has been a stunning success. 17 of 18 major clients since 2017 have dumped Balch & Bingham as their lobbyists on Capitol Hill, according to data provided from the Center for Responsive…
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U.S. Congressional Investigations of “Massive Fraud”
U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN’s State of the Union yesterday there have been “several massive frauds against the American people. And it’s now our job, the job of the Justice Department…the special counsel, and the Congress to get to the bottom of this.” One massive fraud has been the abuse of the all three branches of government in the State of Alabama by using the “legal” system of pay-through contributions from the usual suspects to obtain access and signatures on cookie-cutter letters and official acts, while hiding behind non-disclosure agreements, attorney-client…
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State Attorney General Abdicates
During Thanksgiving week, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall parted ways with Matt Hart (pictured right), the most feared state prosecutor who took on public corruption and successfully convicted high-profile politicos and others. Only Jefferson County has had the intestinal fortitude to investigate further and indict Balch stooges Trey Glenn (who resigned from the EPA the day before Hart was sent home packing) and Scott Phillips. The state, we believe, will no longer even contemplate a probe of Balch & Bingham or Southern Company. And State Senator Rodger Smitherman, Judge Carole Smitherman, and the secretive and unconstitutional Star Chamber, we also believe,…
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Southern Company and Balch & Bingham’s Mockery
Southern Company and Balch & Bingham appear to not give a damn and are thumbing their noses at (or giving the bird to) you, us, and the justice system. Beyond yesterday’s news that Balch caved and finally admitted re-hiring Irving Jones, Jr., the Spy vs. Spy former counter-intelligence agent who so valiantly infiltrated GASP meetings and ghost-wrote letters for a ghost-writer extraordinaire, another headline shook Alabama yesterday afternoon. Criminal felon Dave Roberson, the Drummond Coal executive who along with ex-Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert were convicted on all six criminal counts including money laundering and bribery, was honored for his…
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Southern Company, Balch and an Alleged $50 Hate Crime
The “free coat drives” were not warm jackets or comfortable winter coats. Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler announced a probe is coming in 2019 looking at hate crimes. The Washington Post reports, “The expected incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to top Trump administration officials Tuesday warning that when Democrats take over the chamber, they will investigate the rise in hate crimes.” The CDLU has spoken to and briefed Nadler’s office while we were in New York City and Washington, D.C. two weeks ago. Will ex-Balch partner and former Southern Company lobbyist Jeffrey H. Wood or…
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Obstruction of Justice and Southern Company
18 U.S.C. § 1503 defines “obstruction of justice” as an act that “corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice.” Robert M. Ronnlund, the attorney that sent the alleged “criminal obstruction of justice” letter in January of 2016 telling AT&T not to release any information about the telephone numbers linked to the Newsome Conspiracy Case falsely claiming there was a court order prohibiting such release, is in the center of the eye of the storm. His wife, Millicent Ronnlund, had…
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Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Secret Star Chamber, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Corrupt State of Affairs in Alabama
We returned late Friday from a very insightful and productive trip to New York City and Washington, D.C. Our high-level sources tell us that with the local Jefferson County indictment of Balch & Bingham stooges Scott Phillips and Trey Glenn, pressure on the U.S. Department of Justice to take a deeper look at the corrupt state of affairs in Alabama has escalated—especially now that Jeff Sessions was ousted. The reporting to prison of bought-and-paid-for politician and former Alabama State Representative Oliver Robinson is scheduled for next week and shows how a Balch & Bingham partner corrupted the legislative branch in…
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Next: U.S. Congressional Hearings
Having allegedly manipulated the legislative and executive branches of Alabama’s state government in the North Birmingham Bribery Case, Balch & Bingham’s alleged manipulation of the Alabama judicial branch in the Newsome Conspiracy Case is now also in the cross-hairs. The mugshots of Balch stooges Scott Phillips and Trey Glenn posted by AL.com are more symbolic than that of two paid consultants. They symbolize that the fight for justice and inherent goodness are not over. Actually, this is the start of the next, new beginning. As the Associated Press reported yesterday: “Trey Glenn should have never made it through any serious vetting process,” said…
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Keystone Cops and Alabama Power
The profound (if not stupidly obvious) link between Alabama Power, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company, and the Newsome Conspiracy Case was confirmed last night by investigators. What has Balch & Bingham brought upon Southern Company? Abuse under the color of authority? Trampling of Civil Rights and civil liberties? Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning knows what we are talking about. We gave him the details on October 25. Our Balch & Bingham sources told us that Balch, allegedly briefed about the link, was so flustered by the revelation last week they were searching for any public mention of the individuals…
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Was Southern Company Duped, Too?
[This post was originally published on April 20, 2018. As the link between Alabama Power and the Newsome Conspiracy Case solidifies with additional evidence, Balch & Bingham appears to have abused their close relationship with Southern Company’s subsidiary Alabama Power. Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning (pictured left) and Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite (pictured right) must hold Balch accountable including partner Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr. (pictured center).] When a Drummond Coal company’s executive was indicted along with two Balch & Bingham partners for suppressing poor African-Americans from having their toxic property tested by the EPA in a $360,000 bribery scheme,…
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Balch’s Mess at the U.S. Department of Justice
From protests across the country demanding that Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III not be fired to revelations from The Wall Street Journal that Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was “a paid advisory-board member of an invention-promotion company shut down by federal regulators last year as an alleged scam,” controversy has engulfed the U.S. Department of Justice after Jeff Sessions was fired on Wednesday. But an even bigger mess has rattled the U.S. Department of Justice. Jeffrey H. Wood, the former Balch & Bingham lobbyist, who we victoriously blocked as a nominee for the Assistant Attorney General of the…
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Sessions Ousted by Trump; Balch’s Investment Goes Belly-Up
When President Donald J. Trump was elected, media reports suggested Balch & Bingham was a big winner, going to make a windfall, and have the inside track to multi-million dollars in legal fees and lobbying efforts because of their close ties to then-U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions who was the first major elected official to endorse candidate Trump in 2016. Instead of growing with power and influence these past two-years, Balch appears to have plummeted in shame and disgrace. Sessions’ Department of Justice successfully prosecuted and convicted Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert on six criminal counts including bribery and money laundering.…
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Future of Southern Company, Recusals and the RICO Suit
Never did Drummond Coal Company imagine that their executive, David Roberson, would be indicted, tried, convicted, and thrown in prison for two and a half years after receiving the best legal advice from Balch & Bingham. With the Vogtle Nuclear Plant billion-dollar cost overruns and Kemper Natural Gas Plant debacle in Mississippi, Southern Company surely does not need to be in the middle of a civil RICO case. And Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company, and Mark Crosswhite CEO of its subsidiary Alabama Power, are smart enough to get ahead of this debacle caused by Balch & Bingham’s foolishness. In…
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Balch & Bingham’s RICO Fiasco
The newly disclosed direct link between Alabama Power and the Newsome Conspiracy Case is solid and to those in the know a real black-eye. The civil RICO lawsuit being put together for Newsome could have serious repercussions not only for Balch & Bingham, but the Alabama judiciary system and some of Balch’s top clients, like Southern Company and Alabama Power. Allegedly, Balch abused their close contacts at Alabama Power to directly target Newsome. We apologize in advance for the vulgarity, but as one person with knowledge about the facts surrounding the direct link stated, “Is Balch really this fricking stupid?…
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Bombshell: RICO Attorney Links Alabama Power to Newsome Conspiracy Case
Now that one of Balch & Bingham’s former top partners will be reporting to prison for 5 years, the sleazy stigma of corruption, bribery, money laundering, honest services fraud appears to have heavily impacted the once prestigious firm and their high-profile clients. Sources tell us that Buddy Parker, the RICO attorney and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, who is meticulously and carefully putting together the civil RICO suit for Burt Newsome, and his legal team are thoroughly investigating each mundane detail of the case and have now found a solid, direct link between Alabama Power and the Newsome Conspiracy Case. The…
