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New details on the Jackson, MS federal corruption case
Posted on 1/16/26 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 1/16/26 at 2:32 pm
that could be rinsed and repeated in many mid-sized cities.
Source: LINK
Undercover FBI agents posed as developers. They approached Owens about partnering on a convention center hotel. The District Attorney is also a real estate investor. Owens in turned introduced them to most members of the Jackson City Council and Mayor Lumumba.
Two Council members bit - Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee and Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks. Lee sold her votes for $3,000 cash and a $20,000 shopping spree. Lee and Insurance agent Marve Smith pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Meanwhile, the FBI had a bigger target than two-bit councilmen - Mayor Lumumba. The indictment charges they discussed giving the Mayor $50,000 to take care of permits and other matters. The Mayor allegedly had them make five $10,000 contributions to his campaign account. The Mayor in turn withdrew the money for his personal use. His campaign finance reports reported the contributions but did not report the associated disbursements.
The agents flew Owens and others up to Nashville in a private jet and partied in a plush penthouse for a weekend. However, that was not the only trip as the agents took Owens and the Mayor down to Miami again in a private jet where they partied in strip clubs and on the yacht of Donnie Brasco fame.
The Owens trio met with the undercovers in Miami in December 2023. Once again, they flew on a private jet paid for by the FBI. Owens and the undercovers hammered out the terms of the bribes on a yacht. The "developers" gave Owens $125,000 in cash to split among he and his partners. .
It was all recorded on video.
Source: LINK
Undercover FBI agents posed as developers. They approached Owens about partnering on a convention center hotel. The District Attorney is also a real estate investor. Owens in turned introduced them to most members of the Jackson City Council and Mayor Lumumba.
Two Council members bit - Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee and Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks. Lee sold her votes for $3,000 cash and a $20,000 shopping spree. Lee and Insurance agent Marve Smith pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Meanwhile, the FBI had a bigger target than two-bit councilmen - Mayor Lumumba. The indictment charges they discussed giving the Mayor $50,000 to take care of permits and other matters. The Mayor allegedly had them make five $10,000 contributions to his campaign account. The Mayor in turn withdrew the money for his personal use. His campaign finance reports reported the contributions but did not report the associated disbursements.
The agents flew Owens and others up to Nashville in a private jet and partied in a plush penthouse for a weekend. However, that was not the only trip as the agents took Owens and the Mayor down to Miami again in a private jet where they partied in strip clubs and on the yacht of Donnie Brasco fame.
The Owens trio met with the undercovers in Miami in December 2023. Once again, they flew on a private jet paid for by the FBI. Owens and the undercovers hammered out the terms of the bribes on a yacht. The "developers" gave Owens $125,000 in cash to split among he and his partners. .
It was all recorded on video.
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Posted on 1/16/26 at 2:35 pm to anc
If you have been to Jackson, MS, you would take a bribe as well.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 2:51 pm to anc
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However, that was not the only trip as the agents took Owens and the Mayor down to Miami again in a private jet where they partied in strip clubs and on the yacht of Donnie Brasco fame.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to be a public official and party on a yacht in Miami while you are stealing... does it get any higher visibility?
Also there is a story going around that Donnie "chartered" that yacht (really borrowed it from DEA or something) to party with some mobsters and a day after it was featured on the news as an FBI prop or something like that.
Here we are 30 years later and its the same darn boat.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 3:33 pm to tadman
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You have to be a special kind of stupid
Well they most certainly are because that's who is getting elected all over the country. The idiots can't even do corruption correctly much less run a city competently
Posted on 1/16/26 at 3:40 pm to anc
David Simon, creator and writer of The Wire, was a Baltimore Sun reporter (Metro section).
He stated, years ago, like 2009 or so, that with the demise of the newspaper industry, it was a great time to be a political crook, as nobody was combing through the permits, or attending city council meetings, or anything, and that crooks were free from scrutiny.
And, he absolutely nailed it.
He stated, years ago, like 2009 or so, that with the demise of the newspaper industry, it was a great time to be a political crook, as nobody was combing through the permits, or attending city council meetings, or anything, and that crooks were free from scrutiny.
And, he absolutely nailed it.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 9:03 pm to Beessnax
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You have to be a special kind of stupid
Well they most certainly are because that's who is getting elected all over the country. The idiots can't even do corruption correctly much less run a city competently
Honestly I think its an arrogance coupled with being out of touch. You get a heavily blue city - NOLA, Jackson, Minneapistan, wherever - and they think "well who's going to arrest me, the guy I personally installed as police chief?" and then give the police chief a few grand a month to look the other way.
Then someone like Nick Shirly or James O'Keefe comes along and blows the lid off so far it forces their hand.
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