Lawyers are seeking court-ordered subpoenas to obtain documentsthat they said can prove the conservatorship of Alabama One CreditUnion was the result of a political agenda.

The plaintiffs claim the pressure came directly from AlabamaGov. Robert Bentley, his legal adviser David Byrne and RebekahCaldwell Mason, a top political aide with whom Bentley is allegedto have had an inappropriate relationship.

Alabama One was conserved by the Alabama Credit UnionAdministration in August 2015, and former Alabama One President/CEOJohn Dee Carruth and other former credit union employees and boardmembers were dismissed. They are suing the ACUA.

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