Arkansas lawmaker pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

[TexasTowelie]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An outgoing Arkansas state lawmaker pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with a state senator and others to arrange kickbacks from government funding earmarked for economic development, federal prosecutors said.

Rep. Micah Neal, 42, a Republican from Springdale, said in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville that he received $38,000 from funds awarded to two entities by the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District. One was a nonprofit corporation set up to arrange manufacturing jobs for disabled veterans, disadvantaged youth and those recovering from substance abuse. The other was a nonprofit college in Springdale.

"He's acknowledging what he did was wrong," lawyer Shane Wilkinson of Bentonville said. "I suspect that as these things unfold that Micah will be perceived on the low end of the totem pole of culpability."

According to prosecutors, Neal conspired with others, including "Senator A" — whom they described as a House member from 2007-2012, a senator since 2013 and the sponsor of a 2013 bill granting eight development districts up to $2 million each in state funds.

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[AmericanActivist]

1. #CrookedGOP nm

[eppur_se_muova]

2. So - stealing from vets, kids, and recovering addicts. Traditional Republican values all the way. nt

[AmericanActivist]

3. I wonder who his Arkansas Senator accomplice was

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arkansas-state-representative-pleads-guilty-bribe-conspiracy

[royable]

4. You'd think, with "Senator A"'s description...

"whom they described as a House member from 2007-2012, a senator since 2013 and the sponsor of a 2013 bill granting eight development districts up to $2 million each in state funds."

that Senator A could be narrowed down to one person.

Unlike if Senator A was described as a deplorable.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Considering that there are only 35 state senators in Arkansas

and the other information provided it shouldn't require much research to drill down to the other conspirator. I also suspect that it is another Republican.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. And our GOP governor is just "shocked'.