By Associated Press
Birmingham AL – The Justice Department said it is still working on a congressional request for documents related to the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee asked the agency for the documents last week, saying the panel plans to review the case and others for evidence that the prosecutions were politically motivated. The committee asked for the documents to be turned over by Friday.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said the U.S. Attorneys offices that handled the case were still processing the request. She declined to say when they might be finished.
A spokesman for the committee said the panel also did not know when it might get the documents.
Siegelman, a one-term Democrat elected in 1998, was convicted last year of bribery and other charges and recently began serving a seven-year prison sentence.
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