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(26,531 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:58 PM Jan 2013

Ex- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin indicted [View all]

Source: USA Today

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been indicted on 21 federal corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering.

The charges are the outgrowth of a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen.

The counts include wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, filing false tax returns and conspiracy.

Nagin, a former cable television executive, was a political novice before being elected to his first term as mayor in 2002, buoyed by strong support from white voters.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/18/new-orleans-mayor-ray-nagin/1845617/

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Ex- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin indicted [View all] Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 OP

OMG!!! Corruption in Louisiana. Who would have thought.What about going after Jindel? graham4anything Jan 2013 #1

Are you forgetting Illinois? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #2

And NYC ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #8

Since Katrina, Illinois pales in comparison to Louisiana. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2013 #11

it is about time rampart Jan 2013 #3

Sheeeeeit alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #4

You know that's exactly what he said. BTW I guaran'damn'tee you that GOP TV won't Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #7

His next book- "Nagin's Secrets: Jail Terms after the Mayoral Terms" pinto Jan 2013 #5

With a foreword by cloudbase Jan 2013 #6

Were either of them MAIG members? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #10

I'm shocked! bluedigger Jan 2013 #9

Good. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12

That's just not fair! Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #13

Hear! Hear! BadtotheboneBob Jan 2013 #14

Recent picture of former Mayor Ray Nagin . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2013 #15