JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The deadline for the defendants in the Jackson bribery scandal to tell the federal court if they will plead guilty was May 29, 2026.
Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and former Councilman Aaron Banks are one step closer to going to trial this summer. They face 17 federal charges linked to alleged soliciting and accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents.
Matt Steffey, a professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, the deadline is not the hardest deadline to meet. He said the defense counsel could inform the judge after the deadline has passed that they have come to a plea agreement, asking the court to lift the deadline and consider the agreement…