FBI raids office of controversial Soros-funded Mississippi DA and the cigar shop he owns

Several properties used by a Mississippi district attorney have been raided by the FBI.

Democratic Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owen's office was raided on Wednesday, as was the Downtown Cigar Company, a tobacco shop and lounge he owns in Jackson, per Idaho News.

The reason behind the searches has not been revealed by officials. 

FBI spokesman Marshay Lawson said in a statement: 'The FBI is executing federal search warrants at the multiple locations. 

'The affidavit in support of the search warrants has been sealed by the court and so I am prohibited from commenting further. There is no threat to public safety,' 

Democratic Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owen's office was raided on Wednesday

The Hinds County District Attorney’s Office said in its own statement that it was fully cooperating with the probe.

The office added it is 'fully functioning and continues its work on behalf of the citizens of Hinds County. 

'That has been and will continue to be our primary focus.'

Owens was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023.

In 2022, he was accused of threatening a man with a gun inside his chief of staff Samantha Grant,'s apartment. 

Owens was accused of having a relationship with Grant.

The Downtown Cigar Company, a tobacco shop and lounge Owen owns in Jackson, was also searched

He has denied all allegations. 

The George-Soros funded prosecutor ran on a platform that promised alternatives to incarceration.

He oversaw a record-high number of murders in Jackson in 2021, as reported by CNN.