Charlotte Observer - 4/13/16 In an uncharacteristic move Wednesday, the FBI released footage from its two-year investigation of former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, exposing the Democrat’s role in the city’s worst-ever case of public corruption. The videos, which show Cannon soliciting and accepting bribes from FBI agents acting as real estate developers, were key to his arrest and 44-month prison sentence. Cannon, who pleaded guilty to accepting more than $50,000 from the undercover agents and a Charlotte businessman, became the city’s first chief executive to be convicted and imprisoned for a crime.
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