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5 things to know tonight: Atlanta official fired, items from office seized by feds; Gwinnett official walks out of meeting and more

Atlanta City Hall has been rocked by a bribery scandal that became public in January. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
Atlanta City Hall has been rocked by a bribery scandal that became public in January. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
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1. Atlanta official fired, items from office seized by feds. The city of Atlanta fired Chief Procurement Officer Adam Smith on Tuesday shortly before federal agents seized items from his office at City Hall. [Read more]

2. Embattled Gwinnett official walks out of meeting as protests start. Embattled Gwinnett official walks out of meeting as protests start. [Read more]

3. Drugs. Booze. Barbecue ribs. And Mexican takeout. An inmate at the prison camp adjacent to the U.S. Penitentiary in southeast Atlanta says prisoners there routinely sneak in and out through patched holes in the fence, returning with contraband. [Read more]

4. A lone GOP Georgia congressman holds a rocky town hall meeting. Dozens of Republican members of Congress are holding tumultuous town hall meetings across the nation this week as lawmakers return home for a legislative recess many surely dreaded. But in Georgia, only one GOP legislator hosted an event: Rep. Buddy Carter. [Read more]