Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who served as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi from 2017 until losing reelection in 2025, along with former City Council President Aaron Banks and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, have entered guilty pleas in a federal bribery conspiracy case stemming from a November 2024 indictment. The indictment alleged that Owens accepted at least $115,000 from undercover FBI agents and facilitated over $80,000 in payments to Lumumba, Banks, and former Council Vice President Angelique Lee. Sentencing hearings are scheduled for October 15, with each facing up to five years in prison.