The 101 count federal indictment of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, William Blount, and lobbyist Albert LaPierre includes charges of “conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme related to bond and other financial transactions of Jefferson County, Alabama,” according to U.S. Attorney Alice Martin in a press conference just now.
The indictment was unsealed this morning, and you may read it here.
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Thanks for unsealing the indictment. Here are just a couple of questions I had and some points I make
http://www.progressiveelectorate.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=756
Mayor Langford is as honest as any man who is no more honest than he.
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Thanks for a balanced, informative account of the arrest and aftermath. A lot of local blogs are downright gleeful about this, which seems short-sighted.
Does anyone indicate that he is Democrat?
Another day, another Dem indicted. (Yawn.)