Just when you think this thing can’t get any more sensational – ooops it does. Now we get to read about a politically connected son of the delta who gets paid $50 million to watch C-Span and use his scissors to cut out newspaper articles, to a former statewide elected official getting $500,000 to dissuade Democrat A.G. Jim Hood from indicting State Farm so Scruggs and Company can go forward with their effort to capture $26,000,000 in legal fees. This case has lots of facts swirling around, and one casualty is going to be Jim Hood – no matter how you slice it – his political goose is cooked. We don’t think the impact of all of this stops at the Mississippi line. Remember – Scruggs and Langston spent some money outside of Mississippi that will affect officials in other states.

A mystery man receiving $50 million from prominent Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs earned the money by paying off allies during Scruggs’ epic battle with the tobacco industry in the late 1990s, said a former colleague turned government witness.As state attorney general during that time, Mike Moore mustered the legal troops Scruggs helped lead into battle, wresting unprecedented settlements from the tobacco industry that earned Scruggs’ firm almost $1 billion in legal fees. The war involved lobbying at the state and federal levels and years of negotiations with tobacco company representatives.

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Meanwhile, Hood is denying Scruggs’ influence…

Check out the local TV news story that ran on last nights 10pm news cast.