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Former mayor of Mississippi’s capital pleads guilty to bribery and fraud

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, 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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Jul 7, 2026 Mississippi US politics US news

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