A federal grand jury on Friday indicted former Mayor Ray Nagin with 21 counts of corruption, alleging that while in office, Nagin took cash bribes and gifts from three city contractors and used his power as mayor to leverage a granite installation contract from Home Depot as the retailer was building a store in Central City. Despite New Orleans’ reputation for political shenanigans, Nagin is the first mayor in the city’s history to be indicted by a grand jury on corruption charges.
Six counts of bribery, one count of conspiracy, one count of money laundering, nine counts of “deprivation of honest services through wire fraud”, and four counts of filing false tax returns. NOLA.com has more details on the charges.
Let me say this about the subject: YOU’RE GOING DOWN IN FLAMES, YOU TAX-FATTENED HYENA!
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