{"id":39805,"date":"2014-02-14T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39805"},"modified":"2014-02-14T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T13:11:09","slug":"chocolate-city-former-mayor-guilty-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39805","title":{"rendered":"“Chocolate” City former mayor guilty of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

You remember the former mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, right? The guy who left New Orleans while a hurricane was bearing down on the city, and after he was safe in a hotel in Baton Rouge, said people should leave the city, despite the fact that the feds had told him to evacuate the city days before. Well, he was taken into custody yesterday after he was convicted of 20 out of 21 charges of corruption and bribery. Yeah, I’m shocked, too. This is from CNN<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Nagin, who left office in 2010, had little to say as he left the courthouse Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters only, “I maintain my innocence.” A small knot of supporters yelled, “Keep your head up” and “He’s just a patsy,” CNN affiliate WDSU reported.<\/p>\n

His lead attorney, Robert Jenkins, told reporters his client would appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n

“We did the best we could do,” Jenkins said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued the 57-year-old Nagin was at the center of a kickback scheme in which he received checks, cash, wire transfers, personal services and free travel from businessmen seeking contracts and favorable treatment from the city. He faces up to 20 years in prison, but Fanning said a 14- to 17-year term was more likely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You should search the article at CNN for the former mayor’s political party, there’s no mention, and the coverage of the story of a convicted Democrat politician is quite a bit less than the George Washington Bridge “scandal” that has been following Chris Christie around the last few weeks, you know because there was a traffic jam once, just once in the entire history of the NYC metro area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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