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Court rejects appeal of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Associated Press ^ | Jan. 7, 2016 12:32 PM EST

Posted on 01/07/2016 10:32:44 AM PST by Olog-hai

A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted in 2014 on corruption charges.

The 5th Circuit's U.S. Court of Appeals in a decision filed Thursday upheld Nagin's conviction

Nagin, a Democrat who served from 2002 to 2010, was convicted on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and filing false tax returns. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: appeal; fraud; neworleans; raynagin

1 posted on 01/07/2016 10:32:44 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I guess they threw him under the bus....


2 posted on 01/07/2016 10:33:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

Ray shoulda stayed drunk in a bar, like he did when the water burst : )


3 posted on 01/07/2016 10:34:26 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Olog-hai

Oh yeah, I remember ol’ Ray “The Noggin” Nagin.


4 posted on 01/07/2016 10:35:44 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: dfwgator

School bus?


5 posted on 01/07/2016 10:36:23 AM PST by Iron head mike (Dirty deeds done dirt cheap)
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To: Olog-hai
Chocolate City?


6 posted on 01/07/2016 10:44:48 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Olog-hai

Jail for the bastard who didn’t get the blame for Katrina, but instead looked on as Bush got the blame.


7 posted on 01/07/2016 10:46:40 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Olog-hai
Ray can get all the chocolate he can handle in prison.


8 posted on 01/07/2016 10:55:54 AM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Olog-hai

He was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. So unless Obama pardons him, that means no parole, and he doesn’t get out until 2024.


9 posted on 01/07/2016 11:16:43 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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