Trent Lott Under Federal Investigation

Wall Street Journal:

Federal agents are investigating whether former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott knowingly played a role in an alleged conspiracy in 2006 to influence a Mississippi judge presiding over a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against famed plaintiff attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, according to people familiar with the situation.

Mr. Scruggs and several associates are scheduled to stand trial March 31 on charges that they offered $40,000 in bribes to State Court Judge Henry L. Lackey in return for a favorable ruling in a lawsuit against Mr. Scruggs over $26.5 million in legal fees.

Read the whole story: Wall Street Journal

Comments

[Boboday555]

I say the Feds drag Trent's confederate, racist, Jim Crow lovin' arse into the inner city of Washington D.C., strip him down to his skivvies, hang a sing 'round his neck that reads: "I'M A RACIST REPUBLICAN", kick him out of the car and make him walk back to his future masters on K-Street.

[Oldsalt]

Perhaps a little, shall we say, Extreme Rendition is in order? Ve Amerikans haf vays of gettink da trut out of dese kuys... Use dem!!

[LeftLeanWing]

Dear FBI,

The money is under the rug.

Sincerely,

LLW

[mamacat]

With the effects of Alberto Gonzales and Bush still echoing in the halls of the Attorneys General, one might wonder, just how corrupt does a Republican have to be before he gets into trouble with the law?

[crank]

waterboard the sob

[HGalal]

Is there a pattern here that we may be missing?

Trent Lott under investigation for influence peddling.

Rick Renzi, co-chair to McCain's campaign, indicted on corruption charges.

McCain embroiled in a lobbyist controversy questioning his ethics & personal judgment.

[iratior]

The judge's name is "Lackey"? You can't make this stuff up.

[incontempt]

This is one of the bigdogs, beat the truth out of him and Expose his "conservative credentials" in corruption...jail HIM.

[totalliberal]

The spray-net industry will go under if Trent goes to prison.

(It's a republican thang I guess.)

[grisgris]

Cheap bastards. They offered a $40,000 bribe to a judge in return for a favorable ruling in a lawsuit over $26.5 million in legal fees. No wonder they got indicted.

[lochnessmonster]

Maybe Bush will visit and sit next to him in his rocking chair in the pen instead of his front porch like he said they would after Katrina?

[JoeBlough]

What would Strom Thurmond do? It's time this guy was sent off to jail.

[PuddyKatz]

I hear that they have already indicted his hairpiece!!!!

[Bendersky]

He might be rotten to the core of his black heart, but man, nice doo.

[clumberfeet]

This is the same cast of characters that successfully sued State Farm into covering the wind damage done to Trent Lott's house during hurricane Katrina.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/katrina_lott.html