Lawmaker Mike Hubbard charged with of corruption

Me?? Bribes?? Never. 

Another day, another politician accused of using his position to line his own pockets.
This time, it's powerful Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who among other things stands accused of using his his position as the state's Republican Party to obtain money for his businesses, Craftmaster Printing and Network Creative Media.
The 56-year-old is also accused of voting for the 2014 General Fund Budget despite a conflict of interest, as well as soliciting and obtaining money from various companies and individuals.  
Acting Attorney General Van Davis announced the indictment Monday.
If convicted, Hubbard, who claims the charges are a result of a "political witch hunt," faces up to 20-years behind bars and a fine of up to $300,000 on each count.    

Crooked mayor Pat Cannon to be sentenced

Crooked Pat

The fat cat former mayor of Charlotte who prosecutors say accepted nearly $50,000 in bribes is to be sentenced in his federal corruption case.
Patrick Cannon pleaded guilty in June to one count of honest wire services fraud in June in the federal corruption case that stunned North Carolina's largest city, after cutting a deal.
Prosecutors said he accepted the money in January 2013 when he was a city councilman and February 2014, just three months after he was elected mayor.
FBI agents posing as real estate developers recorded him accepting more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets and a hotel room, in return for expediting permitting and zoning approvals.

MORMON MOM'S MALDONADO'S MEXICO FRAME-UP

Mormon mom of seven Yanira Maldonado and her family are claiming she was framed trying to bring marijuana into Mexico. Now, the Arizona woman is living her worst nightmare rotting in a Mexican jail. Her family says that the reefer was discovered under her seat on a commercial bust -- but it wasn't her's.
Her daughter Anna Soto told FOX 10: "If you would've known my mom, if you would've met her — you would know she had nothing to do with it."
Soto added that when she spoke with her mother: "She started crying and...she's like, 'I have faith that people will help us, that we will get out of this together as a family'."