US attorney says Jackson bribery case had ‘no racial issues’

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Black elected officials who pleaded guilty in connection to a sweeping probe into corruption in Mississippi’s capital city weren’t targeted because of their race, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Baxter Kruger said in a Tuesday press conference. Kruger, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in December, was responding to allegations attorneys supporting former Jackson M