Atlanta City Hall. (Photo: Natalia Bratslavsky/Shutterstock.com)
A political consultant who was a top aide to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is the first person set to go to trial in a long-running federal investigation into corruption at City Hall.
Mitzi Bickers helped Reed win election in 2009 and worked as the city’s director of human services. She’s accused, among other things, of taking bribes to use her influence to steer city work to two contractors. Others ensnared in the investigation have pleaded guilty and been sent to prison, but Bickers has maintained her innocence. Her trial is scheduled to start today.
In this Thursday, April 5, 2018, the Rev. Mitzi Bickers walks outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building after her first appearance in federal court in Atlanta. Bickers, a political consultant who was a top aide to former Mayor Kasim Reed is the first person set to go to trial in a long-running federal investigation into corruption at Atlanta City Hall. Photo: Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP
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