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<font><font class="PostDisplay">McGregor and 10 others are scheduled for
arraignment Friday morning in federal court in Montgomery on charges
accusing them of buying and selling votes on pro-gambling legislation.
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bigger picture here is that the Feds have been investigating Milton
McGregor (A major Auburn Booster and the owner of VictoryLand, which is
located just outside of Montgomery) for quite some time. The Feds are
investigating efforts to pass gambling legislation in Alabama and money
laundering schemes involving McGregor and other prominent Alabama
politicians and Auburn boosters.
The Feds have tape from wire
taps made on McGregor and other prominent Auburn boosters from their
investigation. The Newton's were just shopping their talent's to the
wrong people at the wrong time and thus there is hard evidence available
that incriminates everyone involved. It's only a matter of time that
all of this information becomes public.
FBI found out about Cam
before the NCAA did while wiretapping Milton McGregor and others
related to the casino/bingo indictments. They uncovered conversations
with McGregor, Auburn and Cam's uncle in Michigan. McGregor paid $250K
to the uncle through a PAC and other hidden entities and the uncle
funneled the money to Cecil.
The FBI gave this information to
the NCAA sometime after the indictments were handed down. They had to
sit on the information for 6 months until the grand jury indicted the
men and women in the gambling deal. All of the wiretap information was
sealed and that is why the delay in investigating. The NCAA had to go to
Miss St to see if Cecil had solicited money from them as well. That is
why Miss St is involved. They are basically connecting all of the dots.
Miss St may be cleared because they told Cecil no. He then went to
Auburn. The offer was on the table from McGregor but Cam wanted to play
at Miss St and not Auburn. When Miss St declined to pay him, he went to
where the money was... hence the comment, "The money was too much." The
FBI met with the Miss St coaches, John Bond and Bill Bell today to get
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