From his daughter Dana:
I cannot sleep because, to my knowledge, my father is still being held in solitary confinement, without warm winter clothes, in strange prisons and jails, "en route" to Oakdale Federal Penitentiary. It has been a month of solitary confinement for him, without a way to see his family or loved ones. We were not allowed to visit with him when he was in AL, for nearly two weeks. He wasn't fed for a whole day in transit to the hearing in Montgomery and kept in handcuffs and shackles, even though he's obviously not a threat to society. He had no way of communicating with his lawyers in preparation for the hearing yesterday. Dad may still be in Oklahoma City long enough to receive a letter or two. It's worth a try.
You can write to him here:
DON SIEGELMAN #24775-001
FTC Oklahoma City
FEDERAL TRANSFER CENTER
P.O. BOX 898801
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73189
Siegelman's hearing before the 11th Circuit was yesterday, so no new ruling is down. At this point, Siegelman still appears to be in Oklahoma.
Jeffrey Toobin, in a recent New Yorker, made the following observation:
Siegelman should be freed, too, because there was a distasteful overlay of politics to his prosecution. According to an affidavit filed by a Republican lawyer in Alabama, senior state Republicans, in the aftermath of the 2002 election, said that Karl Rove, then a top White House aide to President Bush, had promised them a Justice Department investigation of Siegelman—an investigation that then took place. The matter of White House interference in the case is unproved, but Rove certainly proved, later in the Bush Administration, that he was willing to manipulate United States Attorneys for the political advantage of the Republican Party. Given the ubiquity of quid-pro-quo politics in Alabama (and most other states), the case against Siegelman appears selective indeed.
There is another reason to question the harsh sentence dealt to the Governor. The behavior of the judge who imposed it is more than questionable. On August 10, 2014, Judge Fuller was arrested for domestic violence in an Atlanta hotel after his wife called 911. Shortly after his arrest, Fuller accepted a plea deal that would allow him to expunge his criminal record if he stayed out of further trouble. But the standard of contact for federal judges should be a great deal higher than “not exactly a felon.” At the moment, Fuller is not hearing cases, but, inexplicably, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has failed to remove him formally from his duties, and the House of Representatives has yet not begun impeachment proceedings. The state’s U.S. senators have called on Fuller to resign, but he has refused, and continues drawing a federal paycheck while doing no work.