AG candidate Katheirne Robertson campaigns in Vestavia Hills

August 16, 2025 – VESTAVIA HILLS, AL – Alabama Attorney General candidate Katherine Green Robertson spoke to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club about her candidacy.

"I live here in Vestavia," said Robertson. "I have a second grader and a four-year-old."

Robertson said that Representative Susan Dubose (R-Greystone) and state Senator Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) was both "faithful friends," – something that she has found is rare in the political world. Robertson is originally from Selma.

Robertson said that she began her career with the Justice Department and went to the Alabama Policy Institute (API). In 2016 she wanted to get back to prosecuting criminals so called then Attorney General Luther Strange (R), He agreed to hire her after two weeks her former boss (U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) called and asked her to join him in Washington, D.C. to help him prepare for his confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General. After several weeks in Washington D.C., she returned home not sure of her next career move as Luther Strange had been appointed to the Senate and Robertson was a political appointee of Strange. At the airport to come home, she received a phone call. It was newly appointed AG Steve Marshall (R) asking her to report to work on Monday.

"He asked me to commit to four months," Robertson recalled.

Robertson has worked as a 000senior Deputy Alabama Attorney General ever since.

Robertson said that having served in the office for nearly a decade has prepared her to be Alabama's next attorney general and taught her, "How effective our office can be both inside of our state and beyond."

Robertson said "It surely would be a travesty" if we elected an outside to the position who did not have her knowledge and experience in the office, but instead "had to learn on the job."

"We have really studied what we can do, what we ought to do," Robertson explained.

Robertson said that a "good friend" of Her's was recently made the Louisiana Attorney General; but she does not have the broad scope of powers that the Alabama AG wields.

Robertson said that "Our office can institute prosecutions and conduct our own investigations. We have statewide powers and although rare if there is an unjust prosecution we can intervene there. There is a reason George Soros does not play in Alabama."

"We have 16 different divisions," Robertson said. "We have folks that investigate, we have folks that prosecute, we have a whole appellate section."

Robertson says that the AG job is multifaceted with parts of the job getting more media attention than others.

"You are going to get more headlines and can get on Fox News if you sue the Biden Administration," said Robertson.

Other parts of the job like protecting the public safety side get less attention but are just as important.

"We have restructured our whole office," during the Marshall administration Robertson said. "Our role is to be the thought leader on what criminal justice is supposed to look like in Alabama."

The AG's office also has an appellate side where the AG's responsibility is, "To make some of those appeals move along."

Robertson said that at the urging of the AG's office the Legislature passed the Speedy Trial Act.

"It is still not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction," said Robertson. "The Speedy Trial Act is designed to clear crime backlogs across the state."

The AG's office also has a civil defense side.

"We have lawyers in every state agency that report to us," said Robertson. "We see all their litigation. We can see if an agency is misbehaving. That is not something that you are ever going to see on Fox News."

"If any good conservative law is passed (by the Legislature) we get sued," said Robertson. "We try to defend those in house."

The Far Left sued the state to prevent the law protecting minors from dangerous gender reassignment treatments and procedures.

"We were the second (state) to be sued," said Robertson. "Clarence Thomas was relying on our discovery to decide the Tennessee case."

Radical pro-LGBTQ+ doctors were claiming that experimental juvenile gender reassignment were medically necessary.

"That was all a sham," said Robertson. "There was no medical backing behind that at all."

Robertson said that during the Obama and Bidem administrations the federal government tried to use their funding to make schools, municipalities, and state agencies adopt policies that do not reflect Alabama beliefs or values.

"They know that we are so entwined with federal funding," said Robertson. "You just get hit from a lot of directions."

Robertson said that she and Marshall's view is to just, "Do the right thing" and deal with the legal consequences in court. "It is a really serious job."

"You can't sit back and wait," said Robertson about threats from the federal government. "We have some great representation in Congress, but it takes them a decade to act on anything."

"I do not want to see my face on a billboard," said Robertson on why she is running. "I have the best training. I am the best person for the job."

"We have great relationships in the Legislature," continued Robertson. "We have great relationships with law enforcement. We have great relationships with the other Republican Attorney Generals. Everybody respects Alabama."

Robertson said that that the state is being sued for its prison system. The Justice Department under Biden, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, etc. are all suing the state and the state has had to hire outside counsel to defend against the ongoing litigation in federal court.

"Our plan is to keep fighting on the litigation side and keep recruiting (corrections officers) on the prison administration side."

Robertson was asked about gambling.

"I have written at length on why I think that is not edifying to our state," said Robertson.

She was also asked why she has taken campaign contributions from the Poarch Creek Indians who operate three casinos in the state.

"They are pro Law enforcement," answered Robertson. "Their sheriff is a very good friend of mine. They offered me money, I took it, I am not going to apologize for it."

Robertson said that the FBI and federal law enforcement has been reenergized now that Trump is in power.

"They were really shut down under Biden," said Robertson. "Now they are back in the game."

Robertson was asked if state police can come in and shut down criminal activity in Birmingham like was done recently in the City of Montgomery.

"Jefferson County is more complicated," said Robertson. "We have had a lot of conversations about duplicating MAX in Jefferson County. There has to be local buy in."

Robertson explained that the AG's office is a mix of appointees and civil servants.

"We inherit 70% of our employees and we pick about 30% that are hand selected," said Robertson. "If I make Steve (Marshall) mad or disappointed I am gone."

Robertson said that she should be elected as the attorney general because: "I am the law enforcement candidate and I am the most qualified."

The Mid-Alabama Republican Club President is Janey Whitney.

Whitney said that the next meeting will be on September 13.

Robertson faces stiff Republican primary competition from Blount County district attorney Pamela Casey and former Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell. No Democratic opponent has been announced yet.

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