Possumblog

::sniff::

Siegelman bemoans bills, possibility of prison time

[...] Siegelman said his legal bills - after two trials - are approaching $2 million.

"It has been particularly hard on Lori watching our savings disappear. We've gone through a lot of money," Siegelman said, mentioning his wife.

The former governor said he spent $940,000 on his 2004 trial involving Medicaid bid-rigging allegations. Prosecutors dropped the case after a federal judge ruled they had insufficient evidence to support a key charge. That debt was largely paid off with the help of donations, Siegelman said.

Siegelman said his legal bills are nearing $1 million in connection with his 2006 corruption conviction. "To some people that's not a lot of money, but to me that was everything I had, or a lot of what I had," Siegelman said. [...]

Allow me to offer some solace to this poor bereft individual in the way I have found that best suits the situation--a rendition of My Heart Bleeds for You played upon my tiny violin.

You're welcome.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at January 18, 2007 08:36 AM