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October 21, 2014

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard Indicted for Corruption 
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Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been arrested and indicted on 23
charges of corruption. Hubbard led a Republican takeover of the Alabama
House in 2010. He is accused of using his position as speaker and his
previous post as head of Alabama's Republican Party to funnel business
contracts and investments to his own companies.

 

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