JACKSON - Attorney General Lynn Fitch has added two former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to senior staff roles.
Fitch announced Friday the appointment of Scott Stewart as Mississippiâs second Solicitor General and William C. Lamar to serve as a Special Assistant Attorney General prosecuting Medicaid fraud.
âIâm pleased to add some of the countryâs top legal talent, Scott Stewart and Chad Lamar, to the team of highly skilled attorneys and professionals we have assembled at the Mississippi Attorney Generalâs Office,â Fitch said. âMississippi will be well-served by these well-respected and experienced attorneys who will enhance our ability to protect, defend, and improve the lives of every Mississippian.â
What is Operation Talon?
Operation Talon is dubbed âa national programâ organized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target illegal immigrants with convictions for sex crimes subject to deportation orders. However, a Google search reveals the original âOperation Talonâ was set up by Bill Clinton in 1997 as a part of his Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
Going by a 2000 report on a government website, the United States Department of Agriculture aka USDA s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) formed a partnership with Kentucky s Attorney General and Kentucky state and local law enforcement agencies to pilot âOperation Talonâ in Louisville and Lexington. The same report says that the first 85 felony arrests were made in May 1997 and the next year, in 1998, Hudson County Sheriff s Department agents and their USDA enforcement partners arrested 243 fugitive felons in New Jersey. No connection to the Trump administ
JACKSON ⢠Mississippi politicians continue to personally profit from their campaign funds, new state filings show, a practice thatâs illegal in many other states and at the federal level.
In November, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney paid himself $30,000 from his campaign account. âPersonal,â Chaney wrote as the purpose of the expenditure, according to his finance report filed last week.
Before he wrapped up a 16-year career in the state Senate last year, J.P. Wilemon, a Democrat from Belmont, pocketed $12,016 that was leftover in his campaign account, a filing shows.
Lawmakers passed campaign finance reforms in 2017 following embarrassing reports by the Clarion Ledger that showed how officials had spent donations on everything from childrenâs parties, to cars, to an $800 pair of cowboy boots. Yet a grandfather clause inserted into the legislation essentially let the unregulated spending continue â as long as politicians used money raise
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Bennie Thompson: â[Trump] needs to just leave and never come backâ Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (Source: Julio Cortez) By China Lee | January 6, 2021 at 3:42 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 7:06 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - As chaos descends on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, several Mississippi lawmakers are speaking out on the violent moments.
Congressman Bennie Thompson sent a message on Twitter during the riot. He said that he was locked inside the Capitol and that he and others were securing face masks.