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Spectrum of places, you have places that aren't very corrupt and places that are very corrupt, it's unclear whether it's something about the laws or constitution intuition intuition l culture of the place. >> louisianaens don't want good government, they want good entertainment. i grew up in a state where everyone knew edwin edwards was corrupt. i grew up as a kid knowing edwin edwards was corrupt. he was our governor but he gave us some money. we had books. we liked it, you know? and until you shift the paradigm of people, until we're out of a parade mentality here, you know, i'm a civil righ...

Punished. the reason why you don't think of florida, so much never gets punished. the ethics committee is appoi appointed by the governor. they're not going to do anything to the governor. the ethics committee is not allowed to bring charges or perform inexcellent investigations. if a citizen brings a charge of corruption against a public official in the state of florida and can't prove it we clear or convincing evidence, the citizen, informants has to pay the attorneys fees for the official. >> everyone, very quickly, ten seconds. one-line pitch for your state. >> we have a boardwalk empire. ...

Corruption, you know, there are corruption scandals that are humorous because they tone have, you know, they do not take a tole of a human life or something like that. >> and, chris, we'll throw you a parade. you know, the more corrupt you are in louisiana, the bigger your float. so think about that. >> congressman grayson, part of the reason i was skeptical of florida, i think about rhode island, louisiana, i think about new jersey, illinois, as places who have a tradition of boss politics. patronage machines. tend to control both fund-raising and jobs and party machines who get slated. that'...

2011, kingston has taken official trips to four continents. the trips entitle him to a generous per diem allowance. sometimes hundreds of dollars a day. the total in per diems in the past three years on all this trips, more than $24,000. free lunches, perhaps not. but, again, paid for by the american taxpayer. >> i've always worked 6 60 or 7 hour workweek. >> a hardworking guy. all right. when we come back, we'll look at the all-time biggest scandals and ask, how does chris christie's bridge-gate stack up in the tournament of corruption? straight ahead. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from ...

This is a unique role. and, in fact, my office is engaged in an ongoing investigation regarding the upper big branch mine disaster that i'm sure you're aware of. >> yep. >> and, so, i really don't get any pressure concerning that. all i'm trying to do is keep people safe. and everybody can get behind that. >> u.s. attorney booth goodwin, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. coming up, a special "all in" friday night tournament of corruption. what state in the u.s. is the most corrupt? and will the chris christie bridge scandal put new jersey on top? find out ahead. the new new york...