Scruggs says he’ll continue with Katrina insurance cases

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - Hundreds of Mississippi homeowners fighting insurers over payments for Hurricane Katrina damage face an uncertain legal future with their high-profile lawyer, Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, under federal indictment for allegedly trying to bribe a state judge.
Scruggs plans to continue representing hundreds of homeowners who are suing insurance companies in Hurricane [...]

Clinton presidential campaign drops Scruggs fundraiser

OXFORD - A Dec. 15 fundraiser at the Oxford home of attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and featuring former President Bill Clinton has been canceled, a campaign official said Thursday.
“In light of new developments we have canceled the event,” said Blake Zeff, a campaign spokesman.
Zeff did not elaborate [...]

Scruggs indictment pdf …

scruggsindictment.pdf
Federal prosecutors say charges reflect no tolerance for meddling with Miss. courts
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press Writer
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) _ Federal prosecutors said Thursday that the indictment of a high profile Mississippi plaintiffs attorney for judicial bribery shows the government will not tolerate attempts to manipulate the courts.
“Attempted bribery of a circuit judge strikes at [...]

Lott isn’t involved with Scruggs affair, feds say

OXFORD – U.S. Sen. Trent Lott may have been as surprised as many others Wednesday when his brother-in-law, famed trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was indicted with four others in an alleged scheme to bribe a judge, federal officials said Thursday.
At a 10 a.m. Oxford news conference, U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee said Lott is “not [...]

Miss. National Guard said recruiting picking up

 
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
The Sun Herald
BILOXI - After some tough times, finding new soldiers may be getting a little easier for all branches of the military. Support for the war in Iraq has waned, according to opinion polls, but the often grim reports from the battlefield aren’t hampering the Mississippi Army National Guard’s recruiting efforts.
Lt. Col. Gregory [...]

Lott more blogging/Round II

Here’s another look at what some bloggers are saying about Trent Lott’s move and the future …
The Caucus (The New York Times political blog) Lott’s Resignation Sets Off G.O.P. Scramble: The decision by Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi to resign sets off a shuffling of the Republican leadership that will likely keep Capitol Hill insiders [...]

President Bush statement on Lott

For more than three decades, Trent Lott has been an outstanding advocate in the United States Congress for the people of Mississippi. With service in the Republican leadership in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, he has skillfully advanced legislation and effectively championed key principles of our party, including low taxes and a [...]

Rep. Chip Pickering statement …

Click here for statement at Y’all Politics blog.

Trent Lott statement …

Tricia and I have had wonderful experiences.  It’s been such a pleasure to serve the good people in this state and to work on things that are important to our country and even issues that involve the world.
Click here for Sen. Lott’s entire statement.

Leesha Faulkner blogs …

Sen. Pickering.” Well-placed sources in D.C. tell us Chip Pickering will be Barbour’s appointee.” … Leesha who you will remember from her days breaking stories for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is now the managing editor at the Selma Times-Journal in Selma, Ala.
Click here for Leesha’s Behind the News