Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, exits the federal courthouse in downtown Jackson behind his sister, Rukia Lumumba, after he pleaded guilty in a public corruption case on Monday, July 6, 2026.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Monday, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and former Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks pled guilty to conspiracy in connection to the Jackson bribery scandal. This comes after former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens pled guilty in the case last week.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’ The former mayor of Mississippi ’s capital city pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery, wire fraud and money laundering, after saying a corruption case brought against him two years earlier was a “ pol…
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy for his role in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.
Former Democratic Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme. Lumumba accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents […]
The former mayor of Jackson, Miss.—who was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)—pleaded guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges, the latest Sanders-backed politician to fall from grace this week.
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