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June 23, 2011

ZNN – Dickie Scruggs says DeLaughter case about political speech, not bribe

Dickie Scruggs says DeLaughter case about political speech, not bribe Now, Scruggs says that this action was an “exercise of political influence,” which is constitutionally protected speech, not a crime. “Although this behavior was unethical,” his motion states about the attempt to influence, it is not a bribe because the illegal Peters-DeLaughter conversations based on…