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Federal prosecutors indicted interim Jackson County Executive Philip LeVota on bribery charges, alleging an agreement to trade government jobs for political favors. It is exactly the kind of local corruption case that reminds everyone federal ethics enforcement still has to do the dirty work when county politics gets slimy.
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Federal prosecutors indicted interim Jackson County Executive Philip LeVota on bribery charges, alleging an agreement to trade government jobs for political favors. It is exactly the kind of local corruption case that reminds everyone federal ethics enforcement still has to do the dirty work when county politics gets slimy.
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