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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 ...
According to the recently unsealed indictment, Owens facilitated over $80,000 in bribe payments to Lumumba, Lee and Banks in exchange for their agreement to take official action on the city’s ...
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 ...
Sherik Marve Smith — an insurance broker and a relative of Owens, according to court documents — waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge in the case on Oct. 17.
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Before his indictment, Lumumba announced his intentions to run again. Outside his arraignment, his sister, Rukia Lumumba, said those plans had not changed. He could face a crowded Democratic primary.