Posted on 03/30/2024 11:15:17 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote.
But prosecutors said Thursday that the New Orleans-based judge has no authority to restore Nagin‘s federal firearms rights, and that it’s up to the state of Texas, where he now lives, to decide on his voting privileges.
Nagin, 67, recently filed a court motion in New Orleans, noting that his federal prison time and supervision were officially over on March 15. Filing without an attorney, he is concerned about his family’s safety “with our country experiencing so much violence.”
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Nagin's Navy
I’ll never forget NHC Director Bob Sheets having to hunt Ray Nagin down in a NOLA restaurant and warn him about what was about to happen.
Correction, Max Mayfield.
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