Sheriff Issued Illegal Subpoenas to Spy on His Girlfriend

A Mississippi sheriff “tapped into the power of a grand jury at least eight times over a year to spy on his married girlfriend and the school employee with whom she was also ‘unfaithful,'” Mississippi Today reports.

“The investigative report, compiled in 2016 by the district attorney at the time, Michael Guest, laid out evidence that Sheriff Bailey had duped the prosecutor’s office and potentially violated state law on fraud, a felony that carries up to five years in prison.”

“Mr. Guest, now a U.S. congressman and chairman of the House Committee on Ethics, decided he could not pursue the case further because of conflicts of interest, including his years long friendship with the sheriff.”