Prolific Tallahassee businessman J.T. Burnette indicted in FBI corruption investigation

[TexasTowelie]

John “J.T.” Burnette, a wealthy entrepreneur and the alleged middle man between City Commissioner Scott Maddox and undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in connection with the bureau’s long-running public corruption probe.

Burnette, known for major hotel, restaurant and office projects in Midtown and downtown, turned himself in Thursday morning to FBI agents on federal charges including racketeering, extortion, mail fraud and false statements.

He was the third person to be charged in the investigation, which began in 2015 with the arrival of the agents. In December, Maddox and former Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director Paige Carter-Smith were indicted on federal charges they ran a bribery and extortion ring out of their Governance consulting firm and committed bank fraud in real-estate deals. Maddox and Carter-Smith’s trial is set to begin Nov. 4.

Burnette, during conversations with undercover FBI agents, described Maddox as “a vengeful mother------” who expected to be paid by city vendors in exchange for his support. Burnette warned one of the agents the payments shouldn’t stop once they begin.

Read more: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2019/05/09/jt-burnette-indictment-fbi-corruption-investigation-scott-maddox-tallahassee-fl/1126560001/

[ScratchCat]

1. The citizens of Tallahassee

will be thankful when these crooks are behind bars. They've been making themselves rich off the tax payers for over two decades.

For those who haven't followed this or don't know all the details: They finally tried to extort the wrong person who went to the Feds. The FBI set up a fake company which was purportedly trying to secure a deal and that is when all these meetings occurred and the agent posing as the businessman was told he had to pay off Maddox. They are caught red-handed in racketeering. All the quotes above are on tape. They are done.