Siegelman Trades Canned Fish to See Report

The former Governor handed out mackerel from the prison commissary to fellow inmates so he could watch the CBS 60 Minutes investigation behind bars. Siegelman's brother says he gives the report a "thumbs up."

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: February 26, 2008

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - From behind bars in a federal prison,
former Governor Don Siegelman gave a thumbs up to the CBS "60
Minutes" program questioning whether his prosecution was fueled by
Republican politics.
His brother, Les Siegelman, said his brother had to coax other
inmates into watching the Sunday night program and offered canned
mackerel from the prison commissary to get the TV tuned to CBS.
The 61-year-old former Democratic governor has long contended
that he was the target of a plot by certain Republicans to derail
his political career. Federal prosecutors have denied the claim.
Convicted of bribery-related and obstruction charges, he is
serving a sentence of more than seven years at a federal lockup in
Oakdale, Louisiana.