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February 26, 2008
BRUMFIELD – Scruggs Case – Today’s bribery rulings crucial
Scruggs Case – Today’s bribery rulings crucial Key to the Scruggs-Backstrom defense is suppression of the information from wiretaps and searches supervised by FBI Agent William Delaney, who may have run slightly afoul of Biggers’ favor when he testified last week he withheld some statements from the judge that may have influenced whether Biggers approved…
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February 26, 2008
DJ – Scruggs-Backstrom defense argues against anonymous jury
Scruggs-Backstrom defense argues against anonymous jury “Despite arguing only days ago that the publicity attending Defendants’ upcoming trial was neither remarkable nor prejudicial to Defendants … the Government now takes a 180-degree turn and asks this Court to take the drastic step of empaneling an anonymous jury,” the defense response reads. Individual juror information would…
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February 26, 2008
FOLO – Balducci, State Farm, Jim Hood, Scruggs all together in one paragraph!
Balducci, State Farm, Jim Hood, Scruggs all together in one paragraph! Balducci further explained, prior to this March 2007 meeting [with Scruggs], the Scruggs Law Firm (SLF) was trying to settle some Katarina [sic] Insurance cases with the State Farm Insurance Company (SFIC). SLF and SFIC were near a settlement, however, Dickie Scruggs (DS) learned…
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February 26, 2008
FOLO – Another Balducci Bribery Attempt Gone Bad
November 1st: Balducci doubles down. It doesn’t work out He has this case he brought with him from Joey Langston involving a manslaughter charge against the nephew of a state transportation commissioner. The nephew has apparently been a bad boy, and, tanked up on meth and other drugs, killed someone on the road and was…
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February 26, 2008
LAWANDMORE – Scruggsville – Biggers didn’t buy blog argument, will rule on wiretaps 2/26
Scruggsville – Biggers didn’t buy blog argument, will rule on wiretaps 2/26 Things aren’t going well in Scruggsville. Last Thursday, federal judge Neal Biggers rejected Dickie Scruggs defense attorneys’ motions for a change of venue because of the local media coverage, including “local” blogs [Most blogs are global in reach, the exception are those rigged…
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February 26, 2008
LNL – Hood a newsmaker once again
Hood a newsmaker once again Legal Newsline 2/25/8
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February 26, 2008
FOLO – U.S. v. Scruggs defense post-trial brief on suppression and motion for pretrial conference
U.S. v. Scruggs defense post-trial brief on suppression and motion for pretrial conference The remaining roughly 13 pages of the defendant’s brief outlines what they see as the misrepresentations and omissions in the FBI affidavits, based on the transcripts and the agents’ testimony. I’ll leave working through the details to another post. I will say…
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February 26, 2008
FOLO – May 3rd, Balducci and Judge Lackey– the FBI report
May 3rd, Balducci and Judge Lackey– the FBI report Balducci planned on bringing in former Mississippi Governor Bill Allain and Ed Peters into his law firm.” Ed Peters and Bill Allain. This is a really weird pairing. Balducci talked about new cases in his office. Lackey mentioned that there was a hearing set for May…
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February 26, 2008
Transcript of Delaney on Stand – courtesy of FOLO
Our friends at FOLO have made available the hearing transcripts from last Wednesday’s hearing in Oxford. They can be found here.
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February 26, 2008
David Landrum’s New Ad – Not a Politician
David Landrum Campaign Ad 2/25/8
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February 26, 2008
SH – Exclusive: Lott says he’s a witness, not target, in federal investigation
Exclusive: Lott says he’s a witness, not target, in federal investigation “I may be called as a witness,” Lott said, “but I’ve been assured that I’m not under investigation, and rightly so because nothing was done to justify that.” Lott said he did talk to DeLaughter about the opening on the bench in early 2006.…
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February 26, 2008
LNL – Scruggs hopes for turnaround tomorrow
Scruggs hopes for turnaround tomorrow As added evidence of “ill-will” Keker asserts Mississippians feel towards his client, he pointed to Clarksdale attorney Charlie Merkel, who was cheerfully and attentively in attendance as a spectator for all three days of the motions hearings. Merkel is watching carefully, planning his civil attack against Scruggs for allegedly illegally…
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March 23, 2026
Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 23, 2026
IHL adopts financial literacy policy, discusses effort to create new funding model for state universities
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Daniel Tyson
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March 23, 2026
Legislation to hold landlords accountable for paying utility bills heads to governor
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Mississippi Ag Commissioner pushes back on California’s corporate climate reporting mandate
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Salad Days Hydroponic Farm cuts ribbon on new Flora greenhouse facility
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Dave Campbell, Associated Press
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March 23, 2026
Battle’s last-second jumper gives Minnesota a 65-63 win over Mississippi in women’s NCAA Tournament
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Robert St. John
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March 23, 2026
4,000 miles from home
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Alistair Begg
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March 23, 2026
Refreshment for harder days
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Russ Latino
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March 20, 2026
Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?
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Russ Latino
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March 19, 2026
Employers warn Senate plan to raise Mississippians’ drug prices will cost dearly
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Sid Salter
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March 18, 2026
Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win
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