Sanctions sought against Scruggs in Wilson case
Better do a quick post this morning on this Anita Lee story in the Sun Herald on a motion for sanctions against Dickie Scruggs in the Wilson fee dispute case, the one in which Joey Langston pleaded guilty to trying to influence a judge. This paragraph seems explosive:
[Wilson attorney Vicki] Slater said she learned how the conspirators communicated. If Scruggs had something to relay to DeLaughter, Peters and Scruggs' attorneys met before Peters had lunch with DeLaughter. If DeLaughter had a message to pass along, he told Peters over lunch, then Peters met with Scruggs' attorneys.
If this is true, what are the feds doing about it? Seems the Wilson investigation fell into a crater since Scruggs pleaded guilty.
There's a lot of deliberation in this prosecution team. I would not remotely assume that things aren't going on. They are very discrete but it is clear that the investigation is continuing.
I'm drawing to the conclusion from conversations with lawyers following this that a lot of the rumors (e.g. that hundreds of agents were in Jackson) were just plain not so, but that this investigation has continued at a steady pace all along.
Surely the Department of Justice is investigating who the "Todd" was that was in that trailer with the Rigsby's and the date(s) upon which he was there, and whether he was an Assistant United States Attorney then, and, if he was or wasn't at that time, whether he had any kind of agreement with Dickie while he was employed by the Government.