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Hackett pleads guilty to federal corruption charge

Former Assemblyman Mims Hackett Jr. pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and gave up his post as the mayor of Orange Tuesday. Hackett had been charged with taking a $5,000 bribe to steer a city

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