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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 26, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation served a court-authorized search warrant yesterday at the family home of Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and Memphis City Councilman Edmund Ford Sr. Jeff Ridner, assistant attorney general for the 17th Judicial District of Tennessee, confirmed that the search was related an ongoing criminal investigation into Ford Jr. precipitated by Ford ushering a $450,000 grant to the nonprofit Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South and then also selling them computers, a business interest he did not disclose. Read the full report from the Commercial Appeal.