Politics & Government

FBI Video Shows Jack Johnson Accepting Bribe

The former Prince George's County executive pleaded guilty this year to conspiracy, extortion and witness evidence tampering.

With just a few weeks until his , former County Executive Jack B. Johnson is seen here on a FBI surveillance video accepting a bribe from a county developer, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office.

"If one of the prosecutors are able to bring someone like me down, they brag their whole career, 'I prosecuted Jack Johnson,'" Johnson says with a laugh in the video.

Last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office released Johnson's  with his wife, Leslie, where he convinced her to flush a $100,000 check from a developer and stuff $79,600 in her bra.

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