“Powerful plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and a co-defendant pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge,” according to press reports. “The surprise plea came Friday during a hearing in Oxford, Miss. on pretrial matters, court officials said.”

Scruggs is the brother-in-law of Sen. Trent Lott, who abruptly announced his resignation from Congress in November.

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Former Sen. Trent Lott says he’s being wooed by CNN and FOX News to do political punditry.

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That’s a direct quote from MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews from tonight’s 5 p.m. Hardball program in regards to the National Organization for Women. In this case he was labeling women as “these people.” It was a surprising statement for Matthews to make, considering that he was forced to apologize on-air just days ago for admittedly sexist comments he’s made about Sen. Hillary Clinton throughout her campaign for president. Even more interestingly, Matthews made the comment to his guest, recently retired Sen. Trent Lott, who, himself, has had a habit of knocking political minorities.

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Just three weeks after unexpectedly leaving the Congress, former Sen. Trent Lott has gone into business as a lobbyist with former Sen. John Breaux (D-LA).

“The Senate duo will set up their new lobbying and strategic planning shop at 607 14th St. NW, where they will be joined by their two sons, Chet Lott and John Breaux Jr., and former Lott chief of staff Bret Boyles,” Roll Call reports. “Boyles served as Lott’s top aide up until two weeks ago when Lott resigned his Senate seat just a year into his fourth six-year term”

Until recently, Chet Lott was best known for trying to be a musician. It’s unknown how his musical roots make him personally qualified to be a lobbyist. He didn’t respond to our requests for comment.

It is known that Sen. Lott’s move allows him to dodge new ethics laws. A new ethics bill passed by the Democratic Congress in 2007 would have forced him to wait two years before becoming a lobbyist had he served out his full term.

Earlier: Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much

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Perhaps you don’t want to believe the Benjamin Nicholas / Trent Lott story because you played a role in once hiring Nicholas, an alleged plagiarist, to write a few articles for your newspaper, The Stranger? Have you had communications with Nicholas since this story broke? If so, what has he told you? Have you not been honest in explaining your relationship with him? Most importantly, why did he risk his negatively affecting escort business by not flat-out denying a Lott relationship in his original e-mails?

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The Dallas Voice’s David Webb has published an interesting article involving our Trent Lott / Benjamin Nicholas story. Pay attention, folks:

Finally, in my feverish pursuit of the story, I called Bruce David, the editorial director of Hustler, to see if [Larry] Flynt had the goods on Lott, and whether we could expect an expose on Lott any time soon.

David confirmed that Hustler had received information about Lott from sources other than Nicholas, but he declined to reveal any of it.

“If I tell you anything about it, I run the risk I’m going to have to pay one of our sources for information we might not even publish,” David said.

David said there might not be any point in publishing a story about Lott because he has resigned.

“Our whole reason for doing this is to get them out of power,” David said. “Here, Trent Lott has essentially removed himself from the equation. We’re going to have to decide … do we want to spend more money on the investigation for something that is, from our point of view, a dead issue. He’s leaving office.”

David said that Hustler has “lots of information on lots of different people,” but it only publishes that material when a person is a hypocrite — a person who says one thing in public and does another in private.

Under that rule, I would say our anti-gay foe Lott certainly fits the criteria for outing if Hustler has the type of information I think it does.

So if you’re reading, Larry, I say go ahead and write that check. If you’ve got the scoop, Benjamin [Nicholas], give Larry a call. You’re not getting any younger, and the last time I checked, there weren’t any pension plans available for party boys.

Earlier: Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much

And: The E-mails Benjamin Nicholas Says He Didn’t Send

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…but does he sound gay to you? And, yes, we’re aware that not all gays sound the same. So, please, Dan Savage, John Aravosis and Mike Rogers, don’t get your panties in a twist. And, yes, we’re aware the three of you don’t literally wear panties. We meant your thongs.

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“A federal grand jury has indicted prominent attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs on criminal charges that he and other lawyers engaged in a scheme to bribe a judge,” the AP reports. Scruggs is the brother-in-law of Sen. Trent Lott, who abruptly announced his resignation from office on Monday with little explanation. A gay escort later alleged on Big Head DC a possible relationship with the soon-to-be ex-senator.

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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, who earlier this year promised $1 million to anyone who could uncover facts leading to a major politico hypocrisy sex scandal, is now confirming Big Head DC’s scoop regarding Sen. Trent Lott:

HUSTLER Magazine has received numerous inquiries regarding the involvement of Larry Flynt and HUSTLER in the resignation of Trent Lott. Senator Lott has been the target of an ongoing HUSTLER investigation for some time now, due to confidential information that we have received.

Big Head DC has also received word that Hustler will soon provide more details on why Lott resigned — much more to come. It’s unknown at this point when Flynt will write the $1 million check to Big Head DC.

Earlier: EXCLUSIVE: Sam Donaldson’s Number Appears in DC Madam’s Escort Records

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Max Follmer, a writer with the Huffington Post, is reporting that the alleged Sen. Trent Lott / Benjamin Nicholas affair never happened — and that there is no documenting information to support it. However, in no uncertain terms, there is — as Nicholas, Big Head DC and Larry Flynt know. Indeed, the denial posts from Nicholas that Follmer mentions in his piece as appearing on Nicholas’ blog are simply not there. Big Head DC also stands completely by our previous story that ABC newsman Sam Donaldson’s number appears in the records of alleged “DC Madam,” and that the ABC network covered up that fact when it reported Palfrey’s story in May.

Related: Known Libelist Now Works for Huffington Post

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