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7. At a Montgomery federal courthouse news conference, former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy claimed to have uncovered “bombshell” evidence of Department of Justice misconduct, alleging prosecutors hid exculpatory details from 19 of 24 FBI interviews with key witness Nick Bailey that could clear him and former Alabama Governor. Don Siegelman of their 2006 bribery convictions tied to a $500,000 payment for a state board seat, though his lack of concrete affidavits or interview specifics and reliance on a website with recycled documents—like Tamarah Grimes’ dismissed 2009 whistleblower report and Elmer Harris’ 2016 declaration — undermine his assertions. Leslie Scrushy, alongside her husband, their attorney, and two of their nine children, insisted the prosecution was diabolically orchestrated, citing federal Statute 666, the case resting on June 6, 2006 (6-6-6), and the ‘F’ initials of then-Acting U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin, then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Feaga, and then-U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller as proof of a …