Did a Black Dumbocrat District Attorney in Mississippi Try to Help Black People or Engage in Bribery, Wire Fraud, Laundering and Making False Statements?

A “Black” district attorney in Mississippi will resign Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy in federal court.

Hinds County, Mississippi, District Attorney Jody Owens was indicted on several charges—including conspiracy, federal program bribery, wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements—in October 2024, according to a story from the Magnolia State Live. Prosecutors alleged that Owens accepted at least $115,000 in exchange for helping advance a convention center hotel project in Jackson, Mississippi.

Among prosecutors’ other allegations, Owens discussed how to bribe public officials and launder money through businesses and campaign donations in recordings that were captured during an undercover FBI operation in 2022, according to the Magnolia State Live.

Owens now faces up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Former Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jackson, Mississippi, City Council President Aaron Banks have also been charged in the case, the Magnolia State Live reports. Their trial begins July 13.