Feds ask judge to jail Alabama lawmaker, say he FaceTimed witness in …

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order longtime Alabama state Rep. John Rogers to jail, alleging he violated the terms of his bond by trying to contact a witness in his bribery case.

A federal grand jury in September charged Rogers, D-Birmingham, with obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery, alleging that he offered public money to the founder of a nonprofit in exchange for the founder lying to the FBI about a kickback scheme involving public tax dollars.

Federal prosecutors now allege Rogers again tried to contact the nonprofit founder, who is a witness in the bribery case, after a federal judge ordered him not to.

“Because the defendant has so quickly and blatantly violated the conditions of release, the United States respectfully requests that the Court revoke defendant Rogers’ bond and remand him to the custody of the United States Marshal pending trial,” George Martin, an assistant U.S. Attorney, wrote in court records on Monday.

When Rogers,…