A Mississippi district attorney backed by George Soros and the mayor of Jackson have been indicted on bribery charges in a scheme to accept illegal contributions for development projects in Jackson. 

The Justice Department alleges that Hinds County district attorney Jody Owens and Democratic Jackson Mayor Choke Antar Lumumba both accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from FBI informants for the projects.

District Attorney Owens allegedly solicited $115,000 in bribes from the informants and told them to pass $50,000 to Lumumba, who then accepted the money in exchange for "exerting his influence and taking official action relating to the Developers' proposed project in downtown Jackson."

Owens got $500,000 for his campaign from George Soros’s Mississippi Justice and Public Safety PAC in 2019, according to the Capital Research Center.

The scheme

Prosecutors said that Owens discussed the bribery scheme in conversations with the informants during 2023 and 2024.

"I don't give a sh*t where the money comes from," he said. "It can come from blood diamonds in Africa, I don't give a f*cking sh*t. I'm a whole DA. F*ck that sh*t. My job, as I understand it, with a little paperwork, is to get this deal done, and get it done most effectively,” the Washington Free Beacon reported that Owens said.

Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, said in a statement about the charges:

Officials who abuse their positions of authority to enrich themselves undermine public confidence in government. The Justice Department is committed to restoring that confidence by working with its law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute public corruption.

If convicted, Owens and Lumumba face 20 years in prison.

Big defeat

In the elections last week, 12 of the 25 Soros-backed district attorneys up for election were either defeated or recalled, even in areas that strongly backed Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

In Los Angeles, for example, incumbent George Gascon lost to former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman by 24 points even though Harris was up 30 points over Trump in the district.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was recalled less than two years after taking office because of being too soft on crime even though Harris won 75% to 25% there.

"Across the battleground states and in Vice President Harris’ home state of California, a sizable share of Democrats voted to oust progressive prosecutors," Sean Kennedy, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund’s policy director, told Fox News Digital.

Progressive policies are rightfully taking a beating everywhere.

Maybe that's why the DOJ feels like it's the right time to go after corruption.