Alabama state Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, was indicted on two counts of obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery.
The indictment, which occurred Wednesday, accuses Rogers, who has served in the Alabama House for over 40 years, of directing hundreds of thousands of dollars for public projects in Jefferson County to a youth baseball league, with a portion of the money being kicked back to Varrie Johnson Kindall, an administrative assistant the indictment accuses Rogers of having a romantic relationship with.
Prosecutors also accused Rogers of attempting to convince a person identified as “Individual #1” to give false information to criminal investigators with the FBI and IRS looking into the transactions.
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Rogers could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening. Attempts to reach the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday were not successful.