Longtime Alabama lawmaker is charged with obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Staci Cornelius ordered U.S. Marshals to take Rogers into custody shortly after noon today at the federal courthouse in downtown Birmingham., D-Birmingham, with obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery, alleging that he offered public money to the founder of a nonprofit in exchange for the founder lying to the FBI about a kickback scheme involving public tax dollars. Rogers, 82, has served in the Alabama legislature for more than four decades.
She also told Rogers’ attorney, John Robbins, that the court would provide him with copy of the transcript of the arraignment and set a hearing on Thursday afternoon. The indictment says that twice in 2019 Rogers sent money to Organization #1 through the Jefferson County Community Service Fund, a collection of local tax dollars that lawmakers get to hand out to various community groups, causes and local governments.
Stewart, who is listed in federal tax documents as the quartet’s director, declined to comment when contacted byBut Rogers’ longtime assistant, Varrie Johnson Kindall, 58, of Chelsea, received a cut of the money by requiring the organization to pay her an “administration fee,” according to the indictment.
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