but that doesn t mean that there s not going to be unforeseen consequences, unpredictable twists and turns. clinton s comments came in a speech before a group of car dealers. in a lighter moment, clinton admitted to them that she has not driven a car in almost two decades. she says bill loves the idea of not driving, but she actually misses it. oh, wow. jury selection gotten under way in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin. he s accused of accepting trips and other valuables in exchange for city contracts. he left office in 2010. the corruption trial has led to conviction of several of his former associates. congressman who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession has decided to resign. in a letter to house speaker john boehner florida republican trey raidle does not believe he can serve. he had vowed to stay in office after he was busted in washington but some members of
she says bill loves the idea of not driving, but she actually misses it. oh, wow. jury selection gotten under way in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin. he s accused of accepting bribes, free trips and other valuables in exchange for granting city contracts and other favors. he left office in 2010. t the corruption trial has led to conviction of several of his former associates. congressman who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession has decided to resign. in a letter to house speaker john boehner florida republican trey radel says he does not believe he can fully and effectively serve. he had vowed to stay in office after he was busted in by an undercover officer in washington. but even some members of his own party were calling on him to step down. disturbing new information found in documents leakedly whistle-blower edward snowden. they say apps can feed intelligence agencies huge amounts of personal data.
all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] look for valuable savings on boost in your sunday paper. mayor anythingen s troubles are now federal. the federal corruption trial of the one-time new orleansarch democrat ray anything nagan. a federal grand jury has indicted him on counts from bribery to wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. most o it happened the very time the people of new orleans were trying to recover from katrina. the fed says mayor naggan accepted more than $200,000 in cash and wire transfers, vacations to hawai i and jamaica, among other items, in exchange for city contracts.
like this. roll it. it s time for us to rebuild a new orleans, the one that should be a chocolate new orleans. now it s not the things that he is sayi ining about the city new orleans, but things that he allegedly did while he was mayor there. here we go. there s a 21 count indictment for things like money laundering, describery, wire fraud. in a nutshell, miguel, here s what is alleged. it s alleged that he took thousands of dollars, whether it be cash, personal services or free trips that he and his family took, in exchange for city contracts. and these city contracts were numerous. according to this indictment. his jury selection is tomorrow. when asked about this, here is what he said. no, man, i can t make a comment. here you have. he s not saying much.
witnesses. there seems to be a lot of evidence saying he was taking, exchanging money for city contracts. unfortunately, ashleigh for the higher ranking person involved in a case, whenever you have plea deals of his or her inner circle, that never bodes well. no, that is hard. that is very difficult. that s typical. you want the people on the bottom to plea up. they are more likely to get a better deal. they can be offered probation, where they walk. the motivation to testify higher up in the scheme, so to say, is much more likely. corruption is still very hard to prove because it s a very fine line whether or not he was operating as a business would and it s still a business. a great reliance on a paper trail or documentation in the form of text or voicemails. there will be rules of bidding. they will rely on the rules of new orleans for bidding. what is his best defense.