Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who is in prison for state ethics violations, established the Auburn Network, Inc. in 1994 and holds the licenses for “News Talk 1400″ WANI in Opelika and “Wings 94.3″ WGZZ in Waverly.
Prosecutors accused Hubbard of leveraging his powerful public office to obtain clients and investments for his businesses, violating the prohibition against giving a “thing of value” to an elected official. His defense maintained the contracts were legitimate work and unrelated to his position as House speaker., but a judge has not acted on that request.
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