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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 08:25 AM Jul 2017

FBI a presence in Amite for third time since December; this time to serve subpoenas on Town of Amite [View all]

The FBI appears to have taken quite a liking to Amite, the parish seat of Tangipahoa Parish and the home town of Gov. John Bel Edwards.

For the third time in the last seven months, federal agents have come calling, this time armed with subpoenas for many of the town’s elected officials, including the mayor, police chief and most, if not all, of the Amite Town Council members.

Sources told LouisianaVoice the list included Mayor Buddy Bel, Mayor Pro Tem Jonathan Foster, council members Neil Carrier and Rose Sumrall, and Police Chief Jerry Trabona, Independence Town Council member Calvin Baptiste, former Roseland Mayor Louis Ruffino and Amite businessman Tom Ed Brumfield.

Two independent sources told LouisianaVoice the FBI is investigating allegation of vote buying in the 2015 statewide election in which John Bel Edwards was elected governor and his brother, Daniel, was re-elected sheriff.

Read more: https://louisianavoice.com/2017/07/19/fbi-a-presence-in-amite-for-third-time-since-december-this-time-to-serve-subpoenas-on-town-of-amite-officials-others/

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