Tina and Hillary cover Operation Mississippi Hustle and former Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew.
Tina’s Story
Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections Chris Epps and School Board President and former Mississippi State House representative, Cecil McCrory served the state of Mississippi for many years in their respective roles, but when the FBI uncovered a long history of bribery, these two hustlers found themselves bargaining for their lives.
Hillary’s Story
After an extensive political career, Spiro Agnew served as Vice President alongside Richard Nixon, but when his past transgressions were uncovered, he pleaded his innocence and then pleaded his case in Federal Court.
Sources
Tina's Story
Wikipedia
Operation Mississippi Hustle
Cecil McCrory
Chris Epps
Governing
Down on Parchman Farm--by Tina Trenkner
FBI
Commissioner of Mississippi Department of Corrections and Local Businessman Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Former Mayor of Walnut Grove Sentenced for Federal Witness Tampering
Jackson Free Press
Epps, McCrory Indictment Outlines MDOC Bribery Scheme--by R L Nave
MDOC Scandal Highlights Privatization Problems--by RL Nave
Gulf Live
Christopher Epps' star falls in Mississippi after lengthy federal indictment--by the Associated Press
Corrections
Miss. lawmaker sentenced in prison bribery case--by Jeff Amy
Prison Legal News
Former Mississippi DOC Commissioner, Co-defendants Sentenced in Massive Bribery Scheme
Courthouse News Service
Mississippi Prison Chief Indicted for Bribery--by Kevin Lessmiller
Mississippi Today
Cecil McCrory withdraws guilty plea in Corrections Department bribery case
Ex-legislator McCrory sentenced to 8.5 years--by Fred Anklam Jr.
The Advocate
Crooked vendor of drug tests, convicted in Mississippi, did business with Louisiana prisons--BY GORDON RUSSELL AND MAYA LAU
WLBT 3
Rankin County School Board President resigns--by Bob Burks
News Center ABC 11
Judge reduces former lawmaker's fine in bribery case
People Pill
Chris Epps
Clarion Ledger
Chris Epps sentenced to almost 20 years--by Jimmie E. Gates
Alleged kickback scheme: McCrory's connections vast--by Emily Le Coz
Epps probe: 'Miss. Hustle' started with sex scandal--by Emily Le Coz
The Mississippi Link
Ex-MDOC chief Chris Epps arrested in Flowood
Delta Daily News
Another 7-Year Sentence For Christopher Epps--by Kelly Benford
Super Talk
Wife of Former Mississippi Lawmaker Sentenced for Paying Kickbacks--by Andi Davis
United States Department of Justice
Mississippi Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Bribery of Former Corrections Commissioner
ProPublica
Years Ago, I Investigated Mississippi’s Prisons. Here’s Why I’m Doing It Again--Jerry Mitchell
My Central Jersey
Prison bribery scandal sentencing for woman set after health delay--by Associated Press
Corrections1
Wife of former Miss. prison chief seeks to keep property--by C1 Staff
WJTV 12 News
US marshals arrest former Mississippi prisons chief Epps
WAPT 16 ABC
Rankin school board member with ties to MDOC resigns--by Angela Williams
Photos
Commissioner Chris Epps via WLBT 3 NBC
Cecil McCrory Speaking to Press via WAPT 16
Mississippi State Penitentiary via Public Domain
Hillary's Story
History
Vice President Agnew resigns
Britannica
Spiro Agnew: vice president of United States
Wikipedia
Spiro Agnew
Chicago Sun Times
‘A Trump before Trump’: Drawing parallels between Nixon’s disgraced VP Spiro Agnew and our current president--by Michael Sneed
The New York Times
Agnew Quits Vice Presidency And Admits Tax Evasion In '67; Nixon Consults On Successor
Baltimore Sun
Spiro T. Agnew, ex-vice president, dies in Md. at 77
NPR WLRN Fresh Air
'Bad Behavior By People In High Office': Rachel Maddow On The Lessons Of Spiro Agnew--hosted by Terri Gross
Des Moines Register
Fifty years ago — Spiro Agnew and the 'Des Moines' speech--by
Charles Holden
Daily Beast
Rachel Maddow Exposes the Shittiest Vice President Ever--by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz
Photos
Vice President Spiro Agnew--from Executive Office of the President of the United States via Public Domain
Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew--by Hulton Archive/Getty via The Daily Beast