Jim Hood On Beef Plant Investigation Botched By Phil Bryant

After being called for comment by multiple reporters about the claims that Bryant botched the beef plant Jim Hood released this to state press:

"I am trying to just run my own race. Since I have been asked by members of the press, I will confirm that in all my years as a prosecutor, the Beef Plant case is the first I have seen where an investigator issues a press release that he is investigating a case the day before I am set to wire up the target to try to flip him against others. The confidential informant was burned at that point. It is hard to slip up on a criminal when a law enforcement agency announces an investigation in the newspaper.

Had we been able to record conversations with the confidential informant and other potential targets of the investigation, we may have been able to uncover others who may have been involved in the case. Unfortunately, due to the untimely press release, we will never know."

Attorney General Jim Hood
State of Mississippi