Chokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’The former mayor of Mississippi’s capital city pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery, wire fraud and money laundering,...
See moreChokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’
The former mayor of Mississippi’s capital city pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery, wire fraud and money laundering, after saying a corruption case brought against him two years earlier was a “political prosecution”.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba was the mayor of Jackson in November 2024 when he was indicted by a federal grand jury after an FBI investigation and sting operation in which he and two other elected Democrats allegedly accepted illegal payments to secure a real estate deal.
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Chokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’The former mayor of Mississippi’s capital city pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery, wire fraud and money laundering,...
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