Who watches the money at the District Attorney's office? Molly Minta asked that question over at Mississippi Today and found the answer to be rather wanting. Ms. Minta reported:
Days before Brad McCullouch would be appointed the Hinds County district attorney in July, he sat down in a tan Shaquille O’Neal executive chair in a mostly empty corner office on the fifth floor of the Hinds County Courthouse.
Prompted by a public records request from Mississippi Today, McCullouch decided to look for financial and payroll records. He tried to find invoices, accounting software, usernames and passwords for the office’s bank accounts, and audits.
What he found instead, he said, was a black three-ring binder of checks that date back to January 2026. ...
After taking the reins, McCullouch went to Trustmark with an assistant district attorney, who suggested he ask the bank for all the DA’s accounts.
That’s how he learned the DA’s office had seven accounts at Trustmark, some of which McCullouch didn’t know about.
McCullouch said he hopes to have an independent audit of the office completed by the time he leaves his post after the Nov. 3 special election.
In a text message to Mississippi Today, Owens wrote that he paid for an independent audit of his office so he could provide a copy to the Mississippi State Health Department as part of a grant application. Mississippi Today has not retrieved that audit from MSDH by press time.... Rest of article
Is anyone surprised?
2 comments:
Smart move to call for an audit on day one. Following a DA and now convicted felon requires a good, hard look at everything left behind. I can only imagine what a mess it is.
This is some Twilight Zone style stuff. After reading that, I’ll bet you two whole dollars, there will be a whole bunch of dollars that will not be found from the Hinds County DA’s. Typical government BS that tax payers pay for. “ Just Gimme Some Truth.” John Lennon
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