Jackson, Mississippi mayor facing federal charges trails challenger in election results
The mayor of Jackson, the federal accusation, MississippiHis opponent behind the democratic democratic flow in the city.
The beauty of the unofficial voices shows Senator John Horn, the pioneer of the Chief of Chocolate Lomumba, in a central period of 18,493 to 6,246, according to the City Clerk office. Although the absent voices have not yet been calculated, Horn declared victory in the race.
Last November, the Ministry of Justice announced that the Hindes County Lawyer Judy Owens II and a member of the Jackson Aaron Banks City Council are facing conspiracy against federal programs, and sincere services for wire and money laundering services. The three acknowledged that they were not guilty.
An accusation regulations claimed Three Democrats Acceptable payments, including 50,000 dollars for his re -election campaign, from two people who believe that they are a real estate developer looking to build a hotel near the conference center in the city center. It turned out that they worked at the FBI.
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The mayor of Jackson Chukoy Antar Lumumba speaks during a protest in the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 31, 2023. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
“He told the residents, as you know, a narrative that should give them all the reasons for not being here, right? We are trying to make it clear that this is not from us.”
Lumumba faced and worned them in the position of the mayor of Democrat once before in 2017. In this race, Lumumba defeated the explicit, and got 55 % of the votes.
The winner of this race will advance to June 3 General elections.
“People are ready for something different,” Horne said recently. “They are ready to change; they are ready to drive; they are ready for better streets; they are ready for a lower crime; they are ready for more opportunities.”
Lumumba, the son of the late African Republic of Africa, issued a video statement last year and refused to accept a bribe at all, describing the indictment as a “political trial” aimed at “destruction [his] . . . reputation.”
The Democratic Capital mayor, the Public Prosecutor accused the secret bribery
Senator in the state of Mississippi John Horn, De Jackson, announced his victory in the democratic democratic flow. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
He said: “Jackson residents, with great disappointment, came before you. My legal team told me that federal prosecutors had accused me, in fact, of bribery and relevant charges.”
“There is no coincidence, and its timing before the next mayor’s race. My legal team will defend strongly against these charges. Once again, while I am disappointed, I am not creative, so I ask for your patience and prayers during this process. Thank you.”
The three officials in a room involved in a yacht in Bruyard County, Florida, were negotiating with what was believed to be developers’ payments when they were arrested, according to Mississippi Clarion Ledger.
According to what was requested by one of the secret agents from the officials to move forward at a deadline to obtain “Soq”, or a qualifications statement, required to develop the planned hotel, and the Lumumba Lumba progress and a phone call.
The mayor of Jackson Chukoy Antar Lumumba was accused in November 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Then another agent handed over the mayor five checks worth $ 50,000. After returning to Mississippi, it was reported that the money was deposited in the mayor’s campaign, according to the paper.
Charles Cretz in Fox News contributed to the numbers of Associated Press in this report.
