FBI agents raided the office and business of a Mississippi prosecutor, but no one is saying why

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The FBI has raided a local prosecutor’s office and his private business in Mississippi’s capital city. Officials declined after Wednesday's raids to say whether Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is suspected of wrongdoing. FBI agents also spent hours searching a cigar bar owned by Owens in downtown Jackson.

FBI Evidence Response Team members photograph the front of a business owned by Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, in downtown Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The business was one of several businesses in Jackson that were raided by the FBI’s Jackson office Wednesday morning. Officials declined after the raids to say whether Owens is suspected of wrongdoing. Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is seen in this March 6, 2023, in Jackson, Miss.

Marshay Lawson, the spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Jackson, said the reason for the search remains secret.

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