FBI confidential source reports from 2021 include allegations involving Kenneth Stokes, the longest serving member of the Jackson City Council representing Ward 3.
According to a September 2021 FBI report filed in federal court, a confidential human source told federal agents that Stokes repeatedly sought cash payments in exchange for help with city matters in his ward.
The source claimed he felt obligated to pay because he owned rental properties in Stokes’ district but told the FBI he “cannot think of anything Stokes has done in exchange for the cash payments.”…