{"id":3288,"date":"2026-07-12T18:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:38:20","slug":"disgraced-democrat-mayor-chokwe-antar-lumumba-fesses-up-to-50000-bribery-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Democrat Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Fesses Up To $50,000 Bribery Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Democratic Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.<\/p>

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The former Democrat mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers, Fox News Digital reported. Democratic Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who funneled the bribes, pleaded guilty on June 29.<\/p>

Lumumba and Owens each face five years in prison, the outlet reported.<\/p>

\u201cLumumba accepted the checks knowing and understanding that the money was from the Developers, and that it was being offered in exchange for official action from Lumumba in favor of the Developers\u2019 proposed development project,\u201d the indictment .<\/p>

Lumumba\u2019s primary legal counsel, Owens\u2019 office, and the City of Jackson each did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>

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Owens\u2019 payments to Lumumba were \u201cconcealed as five $10,000 campaign-donation checks from third-party entities and individuals, including Owens. Lumumba then laundered that money through his campaign account before cashing out a portion of the payment,\u201d a 2024 Department of Justice press release read. (RELATED: Hinds County DA Jody Owens Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case, Resigns)<\/strong><\/p>

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Owens obtains the funds from the FBI agents \u201cin exchange for their agreement to take official action to ensure the approval of the Developers\u2019 proposed multi-million-dollar downtown Jackson development project,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/p>

Lumumba originally called the prosecution\u2019s charges a political prosecution, the Associated Press reported in 2024.<\/p>

\u201cTo be clear, I have never accepted a bribe of any type,\u201d Lumumba, who was then still in office, said at the time. \u201cAs mayor, I have always acted in the best interests of the city of Jackson.\u201d<\/p>

The now 43-year-old Democrat served as mayor of Mississippi\u2019s capital from 2017 to 2025 when he lost reelection in the Democratic primary to John Horhn. His father, the late Chokwe Lumumba Sr., served as mayor of Jackson from 2013 to 2014.<\/p>

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