Three prominent Mississippi officials, including Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, and Jackson City Council member Aaron Banks, have been charged in a federal bribery investigation. According to an indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the officials allegedly participated in a scheme to accept bribes in exchange for official favors benefitting purported real estate developers.