Dickie Scruggs pleaded guilty yesterday in US District Court in Aberdeen to a one count information charging him with honest services mail fraud. He was immediately sentenced to seven years in prison by US District Judge Glen Davidson. The sentence will run concurrently with the five year sentence he is already serving in connection with Scruggs I.
It was announced that his name had been removed from the list of names in a sealed indictment, confirming rumors that a sealed indictment exists, possibly containing more than just Judge Bobby DeLaughter’s name. USA Jim Greenlee afterwards said it would be unsealed shortly.
Scruggs has become a cooperating witness, and Tom Freeland at folo quotes AUSA Bob Norman: “His cooperation has opened several doors we need to investigate.” Could one or more of them lead to Washington?
From the courtroom: Tom Freeland at folo, Alan Lange at Y’all Politics. Also see: Daily Journal, Clarion Ledger.
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