Criminal Defense Lawyer Facing Drug, Money Laundering Charges ‘Ready to Fight’

Georgia criminal defense attorney J. Mark Shelnutt says he is "ready to fight" a federal indictment that accuses him of joining in a drug conspiracy and laundering money from a drug ring whose leader he defended in federal court. A grand jury handed down a 40-count indictment against Shelnutt after what the lawyer describes as an extended whisper campaign of rumors and grand jury leaks. "You can't really fight a ghost," he said, but "you can fight an indictment full of bogus charges."