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.
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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.
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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.
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...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.
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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.
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Al-Iraqiya Bloc's spokesman denied the news of vice-president Tariq al-Hashimi travelling to Turkey, stressing he is present in Sulaimaniya province, Kurdistan. Spokesman Haidar al-Mulla told Aswat al-Iraq that the news published yesterday on "the escape of Hashimi is baseless".
He pointed out that there agendas that want to "complicate the political scene and put hindrances before the national conference".
Mulla confirmed the intention of his bloc to proceed in convening the national conference to find real solutions to the crises that accumulated for the last few years.
On Thursday, news media, close to the Kurdish Alliance, reported that Hashimi left by a special plane to Turkey and he is not available in Sulaimaniya. TV Channel Anwar 2 reported that Hashimi fled to Turkey and the Turks asked him to leave Arbil after continued pressures on the Kurdish government to hand him over to Baghdad.
On 17 December last, an arrest warrant was issued against Hashimi and some of his bodyguards for "terrorism" allegations.
Shiite political circles rejected tackling Hashimi's case in the national conference, due in the coming days, where it is regarded as legal question, not political.
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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.
