Scruggs Nation, Day 31 (Part II)

There are lots of developments that need updating, so I am putting up this second post today to accommodate them all. -- Mississippi State Auditor Phil Bryant, on December 20, filed a lawsuit in Hinds County against the Langston Law Firm, Joey Langston and Tim Balducci seeking a return of some $18 million in funds recovered from the MCI tax litigation. A copy of the complaint can be seen by clicking here.In the complaint, Bryant alleged that $118 million was recovered in a settlement of that litigation, but that $4 million was illegally donated to an organization called the Children's Justice Center of Mississippi, and $14 million was illegally paid to Langston and Balducci as attorney fees. -- In a development I did not note until I saw it mentioned in this Anita Lee story in the S