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TexasTowelie

(111,314 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 10:15 PM Jun 2019

Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson Pleads Guilty To Bribery And Tax Fraud Charges In

Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson Pleads Guilty To Bribery And Tax Fraud Charges In Multi-District Investigation


Fayetteville, Arkansas – Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kristine G. Baker to accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.

U.S. Attorney Duane (DAK) Kees for the Western District of Arkansas, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland for the Eastern District of Arkansas and U.S. Attorney Timothy A. Garrison for the Western District of Missouri, made the announcement.

Hutchinson, 45, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was previously a state senator and representative prior to resigning after he was charged in the Eastern District of Arkansas to a 12-count federal grand jury indictment with eight counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns. The indictment alleges that from 2010 through 2017, Hutchinson stole and misappropriated thousands of dollars in state campaign contributions for his own personal use and then filed false federal income tax returns from 2011 to 2014 to conceal his conduct. Hutchinson was also previously charged, in a 32-count federal grand jury indictment, in the Western District of Missouri, for his role in a multi-million-dollar public corruption scheme that involved embezzlement, bribes and illegal campaign contributions for elected public officials. Pursuant to his plea agreement, Hutchinson agreed to plead guilty to Count 1 of the Western District of Missouri superseding indictment, charging him with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery; Count 9 of the Eastern District of Arkansas indictment, charging him with filing a false tax return; and to an information filed in the Western District of Arkansas, charging him with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery.

As part of his plea, Hutchinson admitted that he was hired by an unidentified individual as outside counsel, and in exchange for payments and legal work, Hutchinson pushed legislation beneficial to that individual. Hutchinson admitted that he was provided legal work to conceal the corrupt nature of his arrangement and that he would have never been hired if not for his position as an elected official. Hutchinson further admitted as part of his plea that in 2011, he stole over $10,000 in state campaign funds for his own personal use and also falsified his 2011 tax returns, including failing to report $20,000-per-month-payments he received from one law firm and other sources of income he knowingly and intentionally concealed from his taxes.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/pr/former-arkansas-state-senator-jeremy-hutchinson-pleads-guilty-bribery-and-tax-fraud
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Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson Pleads Guilty To Bribery And Tax Fraud Charges In (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Is there a prominent Arkansas political family of this name? bobbieinok Jun 2019 #1
Are you referring to Uncle Asa TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #2
Are they related? bobbieinok Jun 2019 #3
Yes they are. TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #4
If I remember right, there was another nephew who killed a couple of people in an sinkingfeeling Jun 2019 #5
I don't know whether that is true, TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #6

TexasTowelie

(111,314 posts)
4. Yes they are.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 10:44 PM
Jun 2019

Jeremy Hutchinson is the son of former U.S. senator Tim Hutchinson and a nephew of Asa. His mother, Donna Jean King Hutchinson, was also a state House member.

sinkingfeeling

(51,279 posts)
5. If I remember right, there was another nephew who killed a couple of people in an
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:30 PM
Jun 2019

auto crash 15 or 20 years ago.

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