The FBI arrested Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon on corruption charges about an hour ago

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Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges after a four-year investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte announced.

Cannon was charged with theft and bribery after an FBI sting operation, said Anne Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. He was released on an undisclosed bond, pending indictment.

Authorities said Cannon took bribes from undercover FBI agents five times – the most recent on Feb. 21 when he took $20,000 in cash in the mayor’s office – and a trip to Las Vegas.


Cannon is the longest-serving elected official in Charlotte, having joined the Charlotte City Council in 1993. He is the region’s highest-ranking official to be charged in a corruption case since former N.C. House speaker Jim Black of Matthews was convicted in 2007.


Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/26/4795861/charlotte-mayor-patrick-cannon.html#.UzMqJfm-2dl#storylink=cpy


God dammnit to hell!!

[grasswire]

1. there's a putsch going on, apparently

someone here says this widespread sting was set up by Robert Mueller before he left the FBI.

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2. It wouldn't surprise me. I don't deny that he's guilty but they've

been investigating him for 4 years. Why wait until a couple months after he's elected to arrest him?

[Triana]

3. Seems to be a rather coordinated and interestingly-timed effort to incriminate Dems

around the country right now.

VERY intereSTINK.

[octoberlib]

4. An investigative journalist from my Twitter feed

Jeff A. Taylor ‏@TheFree_Lance 41m
Read a ton of federal corruption indictments over the yrs. This one is gleeful. Feds coulda pulled the trigger long ago. #ncpol