Auburn/Cam attorney being cited by the FBI

WHO YOU ROLLIN' YOUR EYES AT, BOY?

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Beginning in 1991, it’s well-documented that attorney Sam Franklin has defended Auburn and its former football coach Pat Dye against multiple NCAA inquiries, including cases which resulted in serious NCAA sanctions being placed on the school’s football and basketball programs.

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On November 17, 2010, TMZ.com reported a possible link between an FBI investigation into political corruption in Alabama - supported by thousands of wiretapped conversations - and the “Newton recruiting controversy.”:

According to sources connected to the probe … FBI agents looking into the Newton recruiting controversy are also asking about Milton McGregor — a dog track owner arrested last month for allegedly bribing Alabama politicians to vote pro gambling.

We’re told agents asked someone connected to the Newton case if he was familiar with McGregor or the bribery scandal.

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one document filed in federal court by Gilley’s attorney may indicate that Auburn athletics could indeed be intertwined with the FBI’s wiretap-driven investigation.

On the last page (page 9) of the filing for the continuance of the FBI court case, Sam Franklin and his firm, Lightfoot, Franklin and White, are cited as having been sent documentation of the filing.

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So we now know Franklin, who has served as Auburn football and basketball legal counsel for nearly 20 years, is indeed somehow involved in the FBI’s criminal proceeding involving one Auburn booster (McGregor) and another prominent Auburn alum (Geddie) who has been paid vast amounts of money by Auburn athletic department’s private fundraising arm. (And maintains that business agreement to this day.)

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I wish this stuff would stay in blueTuna's thread. I actually don't mind the content of the OP as much as I hate the shitty posters it brings to the SECr.

Damnit!

And I just paid for my title game tickets, airfare & house. FML!

Well, what has yet to be determined is whether or not that attourney has any other clients involved in the McGregor investigation. If he represents one of the political people or someone like that - then this can easily be explained away. However, if he does not - then this just opened a whole new can of worms.

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Auburn/Cam attourney being cited by the FBI

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WHO YOU ROLLIN' YOUR EYES AT, BOY?

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1. Can't spell attorney right.
2. FBI didn't cite anyone.
3. A lawyer from one of the largest law firms in Birmingham is on the list of about 40 other lawyers to receive notice of filings in the case.
4. Brooks picked the story up from the ATPB thread which got it from a blog called I bleed crimson.

That is it for now.

I have been telling y'all this is about lawyers and judges not Cam Newton. People are going to prison when this one is over.

I can only handle the bluetuna thread occasionally... it's usually so filled with the "yes it is" "no it isn't level of exchange that it can be less than useful to read quickly for real information

This thread was titled accurately and represents an interesting development many people didn't know about (including myself)

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1. Can't spell attorney right.

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Sue me.

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2. FBI didn't cite anyone.

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Well, I suppose not legally. But when you send the document directly to the person with their name and address on it - then I think it is safe to say the person is involved in the case - and has been "cited". JMHO

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3. A lawyer from one of the largest law firms in Birmingham has a lawyer on the list of about 40 other lawyers to receive notice of filings in the case.

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See my last post...

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4. Brooks picked the story up from the ATPB thread which got it from a blog called I bleed crimson

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Not sure how this changes anything.