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Shirley Lasseter's son talks from jail

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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -

It's the latest bribery case to stain the reputation of one of metro Atlanta's largest counties. A longtime political figure and her son have admitted that they took thousands of dollars in bribes from undercover FBI agents. But the son of former Gwinnett County commissioner Shirley Lasseter tells FOX 5 I-Team reporter Randy Travis that they were easy targets.

John Fanning gives his version of what happened in this I-Team report.

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