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Ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin charged with bribery
Daily Caller
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted Friday on charges that he used his office for personal gain, accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuities from contractors while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The charges against Nagin are the outgrowth of a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen and a prison sentence for a former city vendor.
The federal indictment accuses Nagin of accepting more than $160,000 in bribes and truckloads of free granite for his family business in exchange for promoting the interests of a local businessman who secured millions of dollars in city contract work after the 2005 hurricane. The businessman, Frank Fradella, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit bribery and has been cooperating with federal authorities.
h/t Reiuxcat
bitterclinger
January 18th, 2013
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Schoolbus Nagin is finally getting his “chocolate city” comeuppance!
IronyCurtain
January 18th, 2013
Funny how they never mention the party affiliate of this corrupt, racist imbecile when they do the story on the radio news.
Joey B
January 18th, 2013
Shocked!!! I tell ya, shocked!!!
RonK
January 18th, 2013
Nagin has nothing on King Kwame Kilpatrick.
Troy
January 18th, 2013
Surely the cops are “acting stupidly” ?
Tracy
January 18th, 2013
Resumé Enhancement (Marion Barry)
dapenguin
January 18th, 2013
so I wonder what his name will be in the big house
Chocolate bar
chocolate dream
baby ruth
………
J Frank Parnell
January 18th, 2013
Corruption in Nig Orleans where even a Marine in his dress uniform can get slaughtered walking down the street? Where the “police” organize looting parties? Where the natives shoot at rescue helicopters? Where the cops confiscate hurricane survivors’ arms at gunpoint? You mean to tell me Chocolate City Nagin, the nonracist who can’t start a school bus to save thousands of lives, is corrupt?
Claudia
January 18th, 2013
Someone HAD to suspect something. After all, where did all that money go that was supposed to be spent on the chhheeeeeelrens education?
dude
January 18th, 2013
Taking the Hershey Highway to the Fudge House.
F.D.R. in Hell
January 18th, 2013
Chocolate chooch… see you real soon.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
January 18th, 2013
LOLOL. Hilarious
Eleanor. in Hell
January 18th, 2013
I heard someone applauding the Nagin news…
I turned around, it was George Wallace.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
January 18th, 2013
Yeah, “Chocolate city”. Way to alienate the other citizens of your city. I hate people who do that.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
January 18th, 2013
dapenguin-
I think BITCH will do fine.
Dan Ryan Galt
January 18th, 2013
Oops! Looks like Ray-Ray will have to go to the back of the bus….meteorically speaking of course.
Asteroid YU55
January 18th, 2013
Dan,
..meteorically speaking of course.
Hey I tried, gimme a break
Rio
January 18th, 2013
Go ahead with yobadself Ray Nagin…
don’t miss any opportunity to set an example for the black kids of your nasty city.
Stranded in Sonoma
January 18th, 2013
As I recall, Republican Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham was charged with similar crimes, resigned and plead guilty, and was sentenced to 7 years.
Come on, Mr. Chocolate! Do the honorable thing. Enter a guilty plea and take the 7 years! As a democrat, you can always put all that on your resume’ for future public-sector jobs.
Dano
January 18th, 2013
Typical Liberal DEMOCRAT Politician! Take, take, take… ASSHOLE!
RWF
January 18th, 2013
I could be mistaken here, but…
What a perfect time for an indictment.
The US attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Jim Letten is stepping down and will be replaced by an obama appointee…so yall dont get your high hopes up that Nagin will serve a single day…
scr_north
January 18th, 2013
It’s still amazes me that the two people most responsible for the Katrina problems (Nagin and the Louisiana Governor) got a walk from the media. I know it shouldn’t but geezez…
Rick
January 19th, 2013
I’ll bet people are lined up out the door for the chance to roll over on Ray-Ray.
Dan Ryan Galt
January 19th, 2013
Crap nebula! “meteorically speaking of course” Curse you government education!
That should be metaphorically speaking, although the meteor of death would work too.