A Mississippi district attorney pleads guilty to a bribery conspiracy and resigns from office, while former city officials from Jackson also change their pleas to guilty. According to reports, the district attorney has been accused of accepting $115,000 in bribes as part of a wider scheme that involves multiple officials in the state capital. The Washington Times and The Independent say the bribery conspiracy has ensnared other local figures, including Jackson’s former mayor and a former City Council president.
All outlets describe the same core development: the district attorney resigns after entering a guilty plea, and the former mayor and the former City Council president plead guilty as well. The Washington Times adds that the former mayor and the former City Council president do so roughly one week before they were scheduled to go to trial.
The reports provide varying amounts of detail, but they consistently characterize the case as a conspiracy involving bribes and officials tied to Jackson, with guilty pleas entered ahead of a planned trial date for at least some defendants.
