Trenton Mayor Tony Mack

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack,A mayor in New Jersey's capital city is in some legal hot water after he was taken away in handcuffs by the FBI following a massive corruption probe focused on his office.
Tony Mack, the mayor of Trenton, was arrested on Monday - along with seven others - the latest step in the continued corruption investigation.
Court papers showed Mack was caught taking bribes as part of an FBI sting.

Mack's brother, Ralphiel, and convicted s*x offender and campaign contributor Joseph Giorgianni, are accused of conspiring to obstruct, delay and affect interstate commerce by extortion.
The criminal complaint against them shows they were approached by a cooperating witness who was working with authorities to get a better deal for criminal charges he was facing.
Federal prosecutors allege Mack agreed to use his influence in connection with a proposed parking garage project.
The court papers show he and a second witness, who was paid, provided the Mack brothers and Giorgianni $54,000 and promised another $65,000.

The criminal complaint portrays Giorgianni as a boastful man who did most of the talking with two FBI informants - one who was cooperating to get a better deal in his own criminal case, another who was paid.
The sting was similar to the massive 'Bid Rig' sting that resulted criminal charges against 46 people - many of them local New Jersey officials - in 2009.
Then, bribes were attached to fictitious development projects. Prosecutors have had mixed success in winning convictions.
Giorgianni complains at one point that Mack cannot take bribes because he's being watched so closely, the documents said. 'It's sickening,' he told one of the informants, according to the court papers.
'I like to make money for my friends,' he said, according to the papers, and went on to reference infamously corrupt political boss William M. Tweed.
'I like to do it like the Boss Tweed way. You know Boss Tweed ran Tammany Hall?'
He was also caught on tape telling one of the informants: 'One thing about the Mack administration - when I say that, it's me and Mack - we're not greedy. We're corruptible. We want anybody to make a buck,' and 'I'm there to buffer the thing where, you know, take the weight... going to jail's my business. It ain't his.'
By contrast, when Mack was recorded, it was mostly just to say he'd meet someone or exchanging pleasantries.
But in April, he was recorded at a meeting with Giorgianni and one of the informants saying, 'I really appreciate what you guys have done for us. I appreciate your support and, like before, I support you and I'll keep on supporting you.'


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