Hubbard Alleges Misconduct

State prosecutors are firing back at House Speaker Mike Hubbard's claims of misconduct in his ethics case, calling them "a desperate last minute attempt to avoid a trial." Prosecutors filed a response Thursday to the defense accusation that a political consultant had dozens of conversations with lead prosecutor Matt Hart.  Baron Coleman wrote in defense affidavit that he used the information for a "whisper campaign" to damage Hubbard politically during the 2014 election.  Prosecutors did not dispute conversations happened but said that Coleman was a confidential informant and prosecutors were trying to obtain information from him.  Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier, in an accompanying affidavit, said the agency was not investigating Hart.