Atlanta Mayor’s daughter pleads guilty in drug case
Matt Stroud | Mon, Dec 17th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, atlanta, drug case, intelligence, plead guilty, mayor's daughter
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
A daughter of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin pleaded guilty today to federal charges that she illegally concealed proceeds from her former husband’s transcontinental drug-trafficking ring.
Kai Franklin Graham, 35, the oldest of the mayor’s three children, pleaded guilty to structuring financial transactions in a way that avoided scrutiny from federal authorities.
While her former husband, Tremayne Graham, 34, was a fugitive from justice, she converted cash from him into 14 postal money orders totaling $14,000. She admitted going to seven Atlanta area post offices in a single day to avoid federal financial rules that would require reports of transactions exceeding $2,000.
It’ll be interesting to watch how this plays out politically. And socially. And on television. Case reads like a bad daytime drama, including the subtle implication that Mayor Franklin herself is not without link to the case: “Graham then told an associate that he had moved into the mayor’s house, hoping to signal he feared he, too, would be killed.”
Courtney Comstock
Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:28pm
which came first, the bad daytime drama or the reality spin-off??
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