HUBBARD TRIAL DAY 10 AFTERNOON

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Date: Jun 07 2016 9:30 PM

-SINCE THIS MORNING AT 11:30 LAWYERS FOR BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN PRESENTING MOTIONS. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THE JUDGE ALLOWS BAXLEY’S MOTION TO RECALL BOB RILEY TO REBUTT TESTIMONY HEARD FROM JIM SUMNER. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START AT 2:25.

THE JUDGE DOES NOT ALLOW RILEY TO COME BACK DEFENSE MOVES ON TO CATHRINE BROWN AN ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED HUBBARD PRIOR TO THE INDICTMENT. BROWN MET WITH JIM SUMNER . BROWN TOOK NOTES OF THE MEETING AND PRINTED OUT THE NOTES SHE TOOK ON HER IPAD. BAXLEY SHOWS BROWN THE COPIES OF THE NOTES. BAXLEY OFFERS INTO EVIDENCE. MR. SUMNER DECLARED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HUBBARD BEGAN HIS WORK FOR APCI WAS AFTER THE LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED FOR MEDICAID. BROWN IS BEING QUESTIONED OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY. PROSECUTORS ASK IF SHE PUT QUOTES AROUND EVERYTHING THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE, BROWN SAID NO. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION BAXLEY ASKED WAS WHAT SUMNER TOLD HER ABOUT HUBBARD. BROWN SAYS SUMNER CALLED HUBBARD A STRAIGHT ARROW. BAXLEY ARGUES THAT MS. BROWN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE JURY ABOUT SUMNERS REMARKS AND THE TESTIMONY HE HAS ALREADY OFFERED. THE JUDGE TELLS BAXLEY TO SHOW HIM IN THE TRANSCRIPT. BAXLEY COMES BACK WE DON’T HAVE A TRANSCRIPT WE CAN’T AFFORD ONE GET ONE FROM THE PROSECUTION. THE JUDGE TELLS BAXLEY HE NEEDS TO HAVE A TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO LET HER TESTIMONY IN. BROWN IS BACK ON THE STAND BEING QUESTIONED BY THE JUDGE AS TO WHEN SHE ACTUALLY HAD THE MEETING. MS. BROWN SAYS SHE CANNOT. JUDGE LETS HER GO. BAXLEY ASKS JUDGE TO RULE ON RILEY BEING PUT ON THE STAND. THE JUDGE SAYS HE CAN COME BACK BUT NOT IN FRONT OF THE JURY UNTIL HE HEARS HIM OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY. BAXLEY RESFUSES. BAXLEY CALLS MIKE HUBBARD TO THE STAND. THE JURY IS BROUGHT IN.

MIKE HUBBARD TAKES THE STAND AND STARTS BY RELATING HIS YEARS GROWING UP IN HARTWELL GA. AND BECOMING A DJ AT AGE 13. A CUB SCOUT TRIP TO THE RADIO STATION INSPIRED HIM HE STILL PLAYS MUSIC ON SATURDAYS ON WINGS 94.3 CLASSIC HITS. HUBBARD SAYS RADIO IS IN HIS BLOOD.

HUBBARD GOT A SCHOLORSHIP TO GEORGIA, AND COVERED GEORGIA FOOTBALL. HUBBARD SAID HE WAS FORTUNATE TO BE AT GA. WHEN HERSCHEL WALKER WAS THERE. UNDER COACH VINCE DOOLEY HUBBARD WORKED TO HELP PROMOTE FOOTBALL, AND WROTE ARTICLES TO HELP CAMPAIGN FOR WALKER TO GET THE HEISMAN TROPHY. HUBBARD’S SUCCESS AT GEORIA WITH WALKER LED HIM TO BE CALLED BY AUBURN TO DO THE SAME THING WITH BO JACKSON WHO WON THE HEISMAN IN 1985. ON A TRIP TO THE COTTON BOWL HUBBARD MET AND THEN MARRIED A TIGERETTE NAMED SUSAN SORRELLS. THEY LATER MARRIED IN OPP HER HOMETOWN IN AUG. OF 1987. HUBBARD TELLS HOW HIS WIFE IS A FULL PROFESSOR AT AUBURN. THE COUPLE HAVE TWO SONS. HUBBARD CONVINCED PAT DYE TO LET HIM PRODUCE HIS TV SHOW INSTEAD OF WSFA. DYE AGREED. HUBBARD SAID DYE MADE $35,000 DOLLARS A YEAR DOING TV, THE FIRST YEAR HUBBARD TOOK OVER DYE MADE $110,000, AND THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. HUBBARD SOLD THE MEDIA RIGHTS TO THE AUBURN NETWORK FOR $2.2 MILLION DOLLARS BUT HE STAYED ON AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR ISP.

HUBBARD STARTED A CAREER IN POLITICS IN 1998 WHEN HE MET BOB RILEY. AT RILEY’S SUGGESTION HUBBARD RAN FOR THE LEGISLATURE WHEN A 40 YEAR VETERAN POLITICIAN PAT TURNHAM RETIRED. HIS WIFE WAS COMPLETELY OPPOSED UNTIL A FRIEND CONVINCED HER MIKE SHOULD RUN, AND HE DID. HUBBARD WON THE PRIMARY BUT WAS DOWN 19 POINTS GOING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION. HUBBARD SAID THROUGH HARD WORK AND GREAT STRATEGY HE WON BY 14 POINTS.

HUBBARD THEN BOUGHT CRAFTMASTERS FOR $1 DOLLAR AND ASSUMED THE DEBT. HE SAYS IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE INVESTMENT BUT HE IS PROUD THAT 40 PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY HAVE JOBS. HUBBARD TALKS ABOUT HIS REPUBLICAN CHAIRMANSHIP AND HIS PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE STATEHOUSE.

HUBBARD EXPLAINS THAT HIS SINGLE VENDOR THEORY WAS THAT IF YOU WENT TO A POLLSTER HE WOULD QUOTE YOU MAYBE $10K DOLLARS TO DO A POLL, BUT IF YOU TELL HIM YOU ARE RUNNING 29 RACES AND WE WILL DO ALL OUR POLLING WITH YOU HE WILL CUT HIS PRICE TO $5000 DOLLARS.

MAIL VENDORS WERE MARKING UP PRINTING COST BY 40% HYBBARD FOUND A MAIL VENDOR THAT WOULD NOT MARK UP PRINTING BUT HUBBARD PAID THEM A DESIGN FEE AND GIVE THEM ALL THE BUSINESS. HUBBARD WAS ABLE TO SAVE CANDIDATES 30%. THE DECISION TO USE CRAFTMASTERS WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD EXPERIENCE AS TO HOW TO MAKE THE MAILOUTS TO HIT AT THE RIGHT TIME, AT THE SAME TIME THE RIGHT MESSAGE WAS ON TV AND RADIO. TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT HUBBARD SAYS. HUBBARD IS ASKED ABOUT GOP DONATIONS HUBBARD SAYS ALL THE MONEY WAS PRIVATE MONEY RAISED FROM PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT THE PLAN WAS. HUBBARD SAYS ALL DECISIONS ON PRINTING AND VENDORS WAS A TEAM DECISION MADE BY HUBBARD, DEL MARSH, AND JOHN ROSS. THE GROUP MANAGED 26 CAMPAIGNS IN THE HOUSE AND DROPPED ABOUT 1,000,000 PIECES.

IN 2010 HUBBARD WAS ELECTED SPEAKER AND ISP SOLD THEIR MEDIA RIGHTS TO IMG BUT HE WAS ASSURED HIS DEAL WAS IN PLACE. HE FOUND OUT LATER HE WAS BEING PHASED OUT OVER A YEAR. HIS ANNUAL SALARY AT THE TIME WAS$130,000 DOLLARS.  HUBBARD SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF BOB RILEY ABOUT HIS PERDICIMENT. HUBBARD SAYS HE IS EMBARRASSED OVER EMAILS THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE PRIVATE BUT HAVE BEEN PUBLIC. TEN MINUTE BREAK… COURT BACK AT 3:58PM-HUBBARD BEGINS BY TALKING ABOUT COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO REPLACE HIS INCOME. HUBBARD SAID HE WENT TO SEE JIM SUMNER AND HUGH EVENS T THE ETHICS COMMISSION IN 2012. HUBBARD WROTE A LETTER ASKING SUMNER TO CLARIFY WHAT HE COULD DO UNDER THE GUIDELINES. THE LETTER SAYS HE WANTS TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT WITH THE LAW. HE ASKS AGAIN FOR SUMNER TO GIVE HIM GUIDENCE ON HOW TO PRECEDE TO GET NEW CLIENTS AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. HUBBARD MET SUMNER IN 1998 WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED AND HEARD SUMNER MAKE A PRESENTATION. SUMNER’S LETTER DETAILS HOW AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HE IS HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND SHOULD GUARD AGAINST THE PERCEPTION OF WRONG DOING. SUMNER OUTLINES POSSIBLE CONFLICTS THAT COULD ARISE AND GIVEN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROCEDE.

SHORTLY AFTER HUBBARD WAS APPROACHED BY SEAGD TO CONSULT.

HUBBARD SAYS HE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE SEAGD, AND THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD DO A FINE JOB. HUBBARD SAYS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER HAD DONE THE SAME THING. OBJECTION THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER IS NOT RELEVENT. SUSTAINED. HUBBARD GOT ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT SAID OTHER LAWMAKERS WERE ALREADY DOING THE SAME THING. HUBBARD IS ASKED TO NAME OTHERS, HART OBJECTS, OVERRULED. HART NAMES SEVERAL LAWMAKERS INVOLVED IN CONSULTING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HUGH EVANS ENDS THE LETTER BY SAYING HE SEES NO PROBLEMS FOR THE SPEAKER. HUBBARD IS SHOWN A CONTRACT THAT HUBBARD SIGNED WITH SEAGD.

HIS FIRST PROJECT WAS IN ABBEVILLE. HUBBARD SPOKE TO THE MAYOR AND JIMMY RANE. HUBBARD TALKED TO RILEY,AND OTHERS ABOUT THE PROJECT BUT IT FAILED.

THE NEXT PROJECT WAS COMMERCIAL JET. SONY HAD LEFT, A CHICKEN PROCESSOR CUT BACK, AND PEMCO WENT BANKRUPT. PAUL LEE AND STEVE CLOUSE HELPED GET THEM TO COME. A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED VERY HARD, MAYORS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND OTHERS. COMMERCIAL JET LIKED THE FACILITY, LIKED THE HANGERS, AND LIKED THE READY WORKFORCE. HUBBARD MET WITH GREG CANFIELD TO PUT TOGETHER AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE, TAX ABATEMENT, AND OTHER MONEY TO ENTICE COMMERCIAL JET TO COME. COMMERCIAL JET DID COME TO DOTHAN AND IT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR DOTHAN AND THE STATE.

HUBBARD IS ASKED ABOUT THE PARIS AIR SHOW. HUBBARD SAID HE DIDN’T HIDE THE FACT HE WAS WORKING FOR SEAGD, HUBBARD SAID THEY PAID HIS WAY, BUT HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS THERE AND THE HUNTSVILLE AIRPORT AUTHORITY PAID FOR HIM TO GO HUBBARD SAID.

HUBBARD WROTE A LETTER TO FERREL PATRICK SAYING HE HAS TALKED TO SUMNER AND HE SAID MANTLE OF YOUR OFFICE MEANS FORCING ANYONE TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I CAN INTRODUCE MYSELF AS SPEAKER AND CONTACT A SPEAKER IN ANOTHER STATE TO OPEN A DOOR.

HUBBARD READS A CONTRACT BETWEEN HIM AND E-20/20 EDUCATION. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND OTHER WORK CONFINED TO OUTSIDE THE STATE. THE JUDGE DISMISSES THE JURY FOR THE DAY, AND BOB RILEY IS CALLED BACK TO THE STAND.

HART WANTS RULES OF PROCEDURE FOLLOWED, THE JUDGE SAYS THIS IS OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY SO WE CAN DISCUSS MORE OPENLY.  RILEY SAID DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION VENDORS AND OTHERS WOULD APPROACH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SOLICIT BUSINESS, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. RILEY SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG, AND THE REASON HE WANTED ETHICS REFORM. RILEY SAYS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR BEING INVOLVED. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONTRACT, A GRANT OR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RILEY SAYS IN HIS 8 YEARS AS GOVERNOR HE NEVER HAD ANYONE COME TO HIS OFFICE ASKING FOR A GRANT OR A CONTRACT. RILEY ASKED WHO HE COULD NOT LOBBY FOR TWO YEARS AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE. THEY SAID ANYONE EXCEPT THE GOVERNOR. ON THREE OCCAISIONS RILEY CALLED TO CLEAR A CONVERSATION HE NEEDED TO HAVE WITH A STAFF MEMBER OR DEPARTMENT HEAD. HE WAS TOLD THAT FOR TWO YEARS THE ONLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HE COULD NOT SPEAK TO WAS THE GOVERNOR. BAXLEY ASKS IF YOU HAD KNOWN THAT THE ETHICS LAW WOULD BE USED TO PREVENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNOR, RILEY SAID HE WAOULD NOT HAVE SIGNED THE BILL. RILEY DISMISSED COURT RECESSED FOR THE DAY. COURT STARTS TOMORROW AT 1:15PM

 

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