... Just when it was getting down to wire in the upcoming May 1st primary, the feds have announced they now have even more evidence that ties "Wormy" Hodge to the 2014 vote buying case.
U.S. District Attorney Douglas Overbey has announced they now have Hodge's DNA on an envelope that was used for absentee voting--a saliva sample shows an acceptable probability that it was smeared on the envelope by Hodge.
It's another component which adds to the prosecution's case, which may keep others up at night who were questioned during the investigation...Wormy may wake up one morning and decide he wants to 'cop a plea' with information that could help the prosecution, and perhaps lessen what could otherwise be a long prison sentence.
Federal authorities have a 'trump card' (no pun intended), in their arsenal during investigations, which local authorities don't have: it is known as 18 U.S.C. 1001...False Statements to a Federal Investigator--in other words, lying during questioning is a crime, and if they can prove you lied--it's a felony. This is how Martha Stewart was snared during her insider trading trial--there wasn't enough to convict her for insider trading, but they could show that she lied during questioning, and she served a year in federal prison.

It's another component which adds to the prosecution's case, which may keep others up at night who were questioned during the investigation...Wormy may wake up one morning and decide he wants to 'cop a plea' with information that could help the prosecution, and perhaps lessen what could otherwise be a long prison sentence.
Federal authorities have a 'trump card' (no pun intended), in their arsenal during investigations, which local authorities don't have: it is known as 18 U.S.C. 1001...False Statements to a Federal Investigator--in other words, lying during questioning is a crime, and if they can prove you lied--it's a felony. This is how Martha Stewart was snared during her insider trading trial--there wasn't enough to convict her for insider trading, but they could show that she lied during questioning, and she served a year in federal prison.