Trial approaches for former Alabama Senate leader

Published March 7, 2014 12:00am ET



FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A prosecutor said Friday he will show that former Alabama Senate leader Lowell Barron gave $58,000 in campaign funds to campaign aide Rhonda Jill Johnson to help her pay a debt to him and a credit card company.

Barron’s defense attorney said Barron paid Johnson for the work she did, and she used it to pay bills like everyone else does with a paycheck.

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