SIEGELMAN: Yes.
BLITZER: I mean was there a cabal of Republican -- Republicans who were thwarting folks like yourself?
SIEGELMAN: Well...
BLITZER: Is that what you're saying?
SIEGELMAN: I'm saying that the Republicans took over the state with the help of Karl Rove. Rove totally annihilated Democrats on the Alabama Supreme Court and was instrumental in the election of governors and lieutenant governors and the attorney general that started my investigation.
BLITZER: Wow! A Congressional committee has subpoenaed Karl Rove and Harriet Miers, we should add. And an appeals panel has now, Governor, upheld your conviction and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
And we should probably add that that panel is comprised all of Republicans, right?
SIEGELMAN: That's true. And we will -- we will appeal the ruling of that three judge panel to the entire 11th Circuit.
But keep in mind, none of the political evidence that we have now, in fact, every -- Rove's involvement, the misbehavior of the prosecutor, the withheld evidence, the false testimony that was demonstrated by both "Time Magazine" and "60 Minutes" -- none of that has been presented to the court as of yet. So...
BLITZER: That's interesting.
SIEGELMAN: All of that will have to be presented, at some point, to the court, if we seek a new trial.
BLITZER: There's a lot of important information that's been shared. There's a lot of things that you have just said over the course of these last two segments.
To be fair about this, if there's anything that has been presented here or anything that you, Governor, have said that needs to be refuted by someone from Karl Rove's office -- Karl Rove's attorney or anyone who may feel there's information that we need to share, we invite them to come on this show. We will put them on as fast as we possibly can and they will be able to share those opinions, as well.
Once again, Governor, good luck to you.
And thanks so much for being with us, sir.
SIEGELMAN: Rick, thank you so much.
BLITZER: I mean was there a cabal of Republican -- Republicans who were thwarting folks like yourself?
SIEGELMAN: Well...
BLITZER: Is that what you're saying?
BLITZER: Wow! A Congressional committee has subpoenaed Karl Rove and Harriet Miers, we should add. And an appeals panel has now, Governor, upheld your conviction and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
And we should probably add that that panel is comprised all of Republicans, right?
SIEGELMAN: That's true. And we will -- we will appeal the ruling of that three judge panel to the entire 11th Circuit.
But keep in mind, none of the political evidence that we have now, in fact, every -- Rove's involvement, the misbehavior of the prosecutor, the withheld evidence, the false testimony that was demonstrated by both "Time Magazine" and "60 Minutes" -- none of that has been presented to the court as of yet. So...
BLITZER: That's interesting.
SIEGELMAN: All of that will have to be presented, at some point, to the court, if we seek a new trial.
BLITZER: There's a lot of important information that's been shared. There's a lot of things that you have just said over the course of these last two segments.
To be fair about this, if there's anything that has been presented here or anything that you, Governor, have said that needs to be refuted by someone from Karl Rove's office -- Karl Rove's attorney or anyone who may feel there's information that we need to share, we invite them to come on this show. We will put them on as fast as we possibly can and they will be able to share those opinions, as well.
Once again, Governor, good luck to you.
And thanks so much for being with us, sir.
SIEGELMAN: Rick, thank you so much.
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