Federal prosecutors are working to revoke Representative John Rogers’ bond. They allege he ‘willfully violated’ his bond conditions by contacting the person he’s charged for attempting to bribe since his arraignment in early October.
FILE - Sen. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, speaks during a House session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., April 17, 2012. Rogers has pleaded not guilty, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, to a charge of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme involving state grants. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal prosecutors are working to revoke Representative John Rogers’ bond.
“The defendant has violated that special bond condition by twice attempting to contact Individual #1, a person the defendant well knows is a witness to his crimes because Individual #1 is mentioned in the Superseding Indictment as the target of the defendant’s scheme to obstruct justice,” the government’s motion states.
Rogers’ defense filed a motion requesting a transcript from the arraignment to respond to the government’s motion. A hearing is set for next week.alongside co-defendant Varrie Johnson Kindall in a superseding indictment. Kindall faces 25 counts ranging from mail and wire fraud to obstruction of justice and money laundering.
Court records allege the three defendants were involved in a kickback scheme using tax dollars from the Jefferson County Community Service Fund, created to support local organizations.
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