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Trial of former Arkansas senator [R] underway for bribery, wire fraud
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/trial-arkansas-senator-gilbert-baker-begins/91-8f85200c-39a0-4a83-8893-6c925ec6991dProsecutors argue that a former Arkansas senator bribed a judge to lower a negligence lawsuit against a Greenbrier nursing home.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Monday began the trial of a former state senator from Conway and former Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Gilbert Baker.
Baker is charged with bribery, wire fraud, and conspiracy, but this is way more than a corruption trial.
This case could involve a who's who of state politics.
More at link.
