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Three officials from Jackson, Mississippi, including Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba have been indicted as part of a bribery scandal. The case involved two undercover FBI agents posing as Nashville ...
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, center, heads to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson Miss., to appear at a 1:30 p.m. court hearing Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, after being indicted ...
Lumumba also directed the agents to pay cash to employees of the club for Lumumba’s benefit, according to the indictment. When Lumumba got back to Jackson on April 4, the five $10,000 checks he ...
The charges against Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and Jackson City Council member Aaron B. Banks were brought after two people working for the FBI posed as real estate developers who wanted to build a hotel near the convention center in downtown Jackson and provided payments to officials ...
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, center, heads to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, to appear at a 1:30 p.m. court hearing Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, after being indicted on ...
Lumumba, a Democrat, has been mayor since 2017. An indictment was not immediately available Wednesday in federal court electronic records. The charges come after undercover FBI agents posing as real estate investors invited the mayor to a fundraiser in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on April 3, WLBT-TV reported. The agents said they wanted to develop ...
In a video statement Wednesday, Lumumba called his indictment "political prosecution." Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba speaks during a press conference at City Hall in Jackson, Miss., on Monday ...
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor [1] of Jackson, Mississippi, [2] the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. In 2024, Lumumba and other officials in the state were indicted on corruption charges. [3]