From ALGOP concerning Nancy Worley Trial
ALGOP CHAIR SAYS “CANCER OF CORRUPTION” INFECTS ALABAMA DEMOCRAT PARTY
Birmingham – ALGOP Chairman Mike Hubbard on Monday said the trial of former Secretary of State and Democrat Party Vice Chair Nancy Worley, which begins today, serves as a reminder that there is a continuing trend of corruption and questionable conduct among members and officials of the Alabama Democrat Party.
“It is obvious that a cancer of corruption has infected the Alabama Democrat Party,” Hubbard said. “Nancy Worley is only the most recent in a long and growing line of Democrat officials who find themselves in court defending questionable actions and conduct. It is a disturbing pattern that indicates the Alabama Democrat Party does not consider ethics to be a priority.”
Worley is being tried on felony and misdemeanor charges for soliciting campaign contributions from employees in the Secretary of State’s Office, a clear violation of Alabama election law.
The Republican Party chair pointed to several other high ranking Democrats who have recently found themselves caught in ethical crosshairs. Those officials include:
- State Rep. Bryant Melton, who left office after coming to a plea agreement with prosecutors regarding his role in corruption within the two-year college system.
- Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who is currently serving a seven-year, four-month sentence in federal prison after an impartial jury of his peers found him guilty of numerous felony charges including bribery and mail fraud.
- Former Siegelman Aide and ADECA Director Nick Bailey, who pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and filing a false income tax return.
He added that a family member of a high-ranking Democrat Party official recently pled guilty to obstruction of justice charges emanating from the on-going two-year college probe.
Hubbard said that rather than take responsibility for their behavior, Democrats often blame partisanship among Republican prosecutors for their troubles. He noted, however, that in Worley’s case, the initial charges were referred to the Attorney General’s Office by a fellow Democrat candidate who appeared with Worley on the 2006 primary ballot.
“When the person charged with enforcing our state’s election laws is prosecuted for violating those same election laws, a serious problem obviously exists,” Hubbard said. “The only person Nancy Worley can blame for being on trial is Nancy Worley.”
