Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin Found Guilty of Graft in Katrina Recovery

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Source: Reuters

Former New Orleans mayor guilty of graft in Katrina recovery
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS | Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:44pm EST

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal jury on Wednesday found former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin guilty of bribery and corruption in connection with his dealings with contractors in the early years of the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

Nagin, 57, faces more than 20 years in prison and will be sentenced at a later date. The jury found him guilty on 20 of the 21 corruption counts that he faced, including bribery, conspiracy, money laundering and tax evasion. He was cleared on one count of bribery.

Nagin showed no obvious reaction as the verdict was read. His wife Seletha sat quietly weeping behind her husband.

Prosecutors said during the trial that Nagin received cash and other favors with a combined value of more than $500,000 from 2005 to 2008. The bribes also included tons of granite sent to a kitchen countertop company he ran with his sons.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA1B1X120140212

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1. imagine that

surprise surprise.... seen enough yet ? Ready to burn some shit down yet ? of course not...you just want to think things can get better. They can't ,and they won't and inevitably they DON'T. So Fuck it ! burn it all to hell ... it's time we learned that our greatest accomplishment is our greatest weakness. We will ALL die in the fires of the irony of ourselves. There is no one, coming from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. If we survive we will likely be the invaders, and destroyers of another world beyond our own. YAY HUMANITY !!!

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2. I can't help feeling sorry for the guy. He's a small fish in a Much bigger pond of leeches.

I hope he writes a book, and may Christie and his goons suffer the same consequences.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Not me, Nagin is just another grifter. I don't care if he's a Democrat, he broke the public trust.

When politicians give contractors a pay-to-play proposition, the public loses.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Good

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[josejimenez]

4. Immigrants were delayed during traffic jam

They were also trying to vote.
Immigration reform must be comprehensive.

[OKNancy]

6. Duplicate topic - locking

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