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Ray Nagin was mayor of New Orleans from 2002 to 2010 of course famously
I Hurricane Katrina happen in that time I
you know there was a lot of question is that how you responded some thought
in some cases bravely and in other cases
are our people would argue the opposite but key
charges were brought against having nothing to do with that but having to do
with corruption
well those churches have now been settled and not to his favor
hope so on these issues he's literally
guilty in fact he was charged on
and convicted on 20 caps war they have
so guilty to bribery and fraud that doesn't sound too good
and what did you specifically to hundreds of thousand dollars in bribes
and kickbacks so the FBI a messy than the IRS investigate him know
Norlin suspected Joe inspecting them and I guess what they found
a lot a bribery and it was one witness
after another now look they all got deals raid
and it was part the prosecution effort but at the same time a jury clearly
believe them rain
and it was a lotta witnesses saying it was their family veiled bride here a
thinly veiled bride theirs is a *** would bring them in mob as well wanna be
nice if
Mike for example my son's company
got a nice contract from US might well that was a really that
unclear who's been solo so and then they would do that and then
I all the sudden they would get the government contract with the city in
orléans
as is example many different things that he did wrong
and so in the beginning was charged with bribery wire fraud money laundering
conspiracy filing false tax returns
and and of course a great irony is
when he campaigned ten years ago on what he was gonna do as mayor nor was it was
too
clean up the corruption art now my paper part of the story
is the specific no bribes it was funneling money
and granite to a company called stone-age
that was a company run by his sons who gets bribed in Grand
ok well first of all
memo to politicians it's perfectly legal to take bribes now
they're called campaign contributions independent expenditures
when you leave office they hire you as a lobbyist the hire you as a lawyer they
hire you as a consultant
Press supporters millions to be made in legal bribes
you knuckleheads why you taking bribes in Granite
maybe it's because he's from Stone Age
well I'll tell you this apparently
the prosecutors had a rock solid case I