ALBERTVILLE Ala. (WAAY) -- Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's legal problems are getting more and more attention but while Siegelman and his supporters remain vocal about his conviction and his appeal while he's free on bond one politician said he thinks Siegelman should lay low.
In an interview with 60 Minutes Siegelman challenged Republican strategist Karl Rove to give Congressional testimony about his prosecution. Siegelman said his case that led to a bribery conviction was politically motivated.
However U.S. Rep. Artur Davis (D-7th Dist.) questioned if anything would be accomplished and compared the idea to the recent steroid hearing before a Congressional committee in which both sides say the other was not telling the truth. Also Davis said doesn't feel the public will learn any more information than what is reported by the media.
Previously Davis wrote a letter asking the House Judiciary Committee to include Siegelman's case in the investigation of alleged selective prosecution by the Justice Department. But he said he doesn't think a Congressional hearing would benefit Siegelman at all.
"Anytime you talk about the possiblity of facing a retrial in front of any kind of public forum answering questions under oath" Davis said. "Siegelman would be asked about he facts in the case. He would be cross-examined by the Republicans on the committee and my hunch is at the end of the day it wouldn't be in his best interest."
Davis said Siegelman's case is in the hands of the courts and that he trusts the courts to make a fair decision.
Siegelman served nine months in a Louisianna prison before his release last month. He said he will spend this time with his family while he awaits his appeal.
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