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Home Front: Politix
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin under investigation
2012-02-11
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under investigation by federal authorities, a source with direct knowledge of the probe said.

The source told Reuters on Friday that several people linked to Nagin or the New Orleans city administration during his two terms as mayor ending in 2010 were cooperating with the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI.

The investigation includes whether Nagin received favors or items of value from vendors to the city in return for contracts they received while Nagin was in office, the source said.

Nagin, who was in Minnesota for a speaking engagement on Friday, spoke to a WWL-TV reporter at the New Orleans airport on his return. Asked about allegations he benefited personally while in office, he said:

"They're three years old, and they keep coming up. I only want an opportunity to finally deal with them. Hopefully we can have an honest, open approach where truth and justice can prevail, but I'm starting to worry about that now," Nagin said.
Posted by:tipper

#9  With an Obama DoJ making up rules as they go, I would definately be worried, too.

I don't think he has a thing to worry about. As a twofer (Democrat and black), he's definitely one of what Holder refers to as "my people." And under the regime's rules, "my people" have a perpetual Get Out of Jail Free card.
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2012-02-11 13:11  

#8  ...as in the exception proving the point. It at least showed that something else actually did exist. Be no point in worry about party labels if only one existed.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-02-11 12:10  

#7  Democrat is the only party in New Orleans, for practical purposes (Joseph Cao's brief quasi-Republican appearance is the only aberation.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-02-11 12:02  

#6  He's a Tory, I think.
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2012-02-11 12:02  

#5  Remind me again, what party is he? The article doesn't mention it.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2012-02-11 11:59  

#4  His mistake was he alienated the black community to get elected, then he p*ssed on the white community, so no amount of bribes could protect him anymore.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-02-11 10:56  

#3  Hopefully we can have an honest, open approach where truth and justice can prevail, but I'm starting to worry about that now," Nagin said.

With an Obama DoJ making up rules as they go, I would definately be worried, too.
Posted by: badanov   2012-02-11 10:55  

#2  See those buses he stole should have been painted white or some other color, then he would have been able to ride out the corruption a bit longer.
Posted by: jack salami   2012-02-11 10:37  

#1  Nagin's mistake is that he was a mayor and not a Congresscritter, an office which brings significant de facto immunity for flaunting 'laws' about behaviors concerning 'favors' for business or grants or largess with the taxpayers money.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-02-11 10:25  

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