Newsflash: KCUR Investigation Into Jackson County's Calvin Williford Finds Nothing!!!

Our TKC blog community was FIRST to note Mr. Williford's triumphant return to the courthouse last year despite serious federal entanglements on the legal end.  

Calvin Williford has been forthright about his municipal life comeback and it's disappointing that this latest report didn't include much in the way of conversation with the disgraced metro power player who is now attempting to rebuild his career. 

Here's the deets of the news story that, sadly and admittedly, don't contain many deets . . .

What nobody knew was exactly why Williford — who admitted to the same crimes as his former boss — would receive a significantly lower sentence. The government said Williford cooperated with investigators. But what did he tell them? Who was being investigated?

That information was in sentencing documents, which are usually open to the public but in this case had been sealed.

KCUR has now obtained those documents, but many of the biggest questions remain unanswered.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

The Justice Department spent years looking for corruption in Jackson County. What happened?

After two Jackson County officials were sentenced in 2018, the FBI and Justice Department said they were running an "active investigation" in at least two jurisdictions. Since then, there's been silence - meanwhile, one of the officials is back working in Jackson County government again.