Former Mississippi Capital Mayor Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme
The former Democratic mayor of Mississippi's capital city has pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges. The charges are related to his involvement in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.
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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 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 e...
By Richard Luscombe
Read full article →Former Democratic mayor of state capital city pleads guilty for role in six-figure real estate bribery scheme
Former Jackson Mississippi mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents posing as developers.
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