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FBI Arrests Four Tennessee Legislators

Bill Hobbs has a minute-by-minute account of the arrest of four Tennessee state legislators by the FBI on corruption charges resulting from a sting operation dubbed “Operation Tennesee Waltz.”

Kevin Aylward and Michelle Malkin have thoughts, too.

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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  1. Operation Tennessee Waltz

    Four Tennessee Legislators came to work on Capitol Hill in Nashville and left in handcuffs.

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  2. What They Are Saying

    More links to more talk (because you fiends can’t get enough) about Tennessee legislators arrested today in a bribery sting: Michelle Malkin WBIR Outside the Beltway Ankle Biting Pundits Captain Quarters PinkKitty Blogging for Bryant Sharon Cobb Slant…

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  3. jwbrown1969 says:

    I can see it now. “Republican lawmaker Chris Newton was one of four arrested …”

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  4. Corruption-O-Rama

    Okay. So, I’m having trouble keeping up with what has been reported as fact and what is still unsubstantiated. Blogging this from a newsroom means I hear the gossip and rumors about what might happen and must remember not to…

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  5. Tennessee pork spending gives legislators trichinosis

    Any day in which public officials impale themselves on the very sword they aim at the public’s neck is a good day in my opinion. In one of those rare moments where we can be unequivocably proud of the FBI, they have done us all a great public se…

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  6. mike says:

    Perhaps the FBI could do the same in DC – or is there overcrowding in the prison system?

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  7. Anderson says:

    You might wish to correct “Tennesse” in your post title to “Tennessee.”

    I hope when the FBI’s done, they’ll come arrest some of our Mississippi legislators …

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  8. Around the Blogosphere

    John Bolton Michelle Malkin (also here), Blogs for Bush (also here), Patterico, GOP Bloggers, Pardon My English Jesse Jackson: Criminal…

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