One part of this story which is probably going to be safely buried forever more is the guy (who would appear to be a bagman, forget his name) to whom Scruggs has agreed to pay 50 million for his vague, undescribed cloakroom-rumor consultations in the tobacco case.
Scruggs apparently screws over every single law firm he can when it comes to fees, but went to extraordinary lengths to pay this guy more than entire firms made in years of work, yet neither of them can explain what he did for scruggs.
You are right about the $50 million guy. I read the article in the Wall Street Journal today and $50 million got my attention. It was interesting that these high powered, important lawyers talk to each other in Mississippi farm code, so as not to say anything incriminating. You’ll all remember that Jim McDougal of Whitewater fame said that he and BJ took care of their business dealings with winks and nods and the same type of gibberish.
The bagman was P. L. Blake. I imagine we'll be hearing more about him, maybe his bribe activities in Louisiana as well as in Mississippi.
And by the way, here's the full text of Dickie's plea agreement: