Former Mississippi U.S. Attorney George Phillips Dies at 65 After Battle With Cancer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com George Phillips, who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi from 1980 to 1994 and oversaw corruption cases, including the FBI’s Operation Pretense, which led to the prosecutions of 57 Mississippi supervisors on corruption charges, has died the Clarion-Ledger reports.. He was 65. The Clarion-Ledger reports that he…