Judge tried to bribe FBI agent with beer to get family’s text messages

Wayne County Superior Court Judge Arnold Ogden Jones.

"[S]ee what you can do without drawing attention. This involves family so I don't want anyone to know."

That's what a North Carolina local judge told an FBI official in seeking the agent's cooperation to get the text messages of two different phone numbers, according to the federal indictment (PDF) lodged against Wayne County Superior Court Judge Arnold Ogden Jones.

How much is that illegal, warrantless surveillance worth?

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