channonc 466 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Jury Indicts Jefferson in Bribery Probe By LARA JAKES JORDAN The Associated Press Monday, June 4, 2007; 2:10 PM WASHINGTON -- Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long-running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa. The indictment handed up in federal court in Alexandria., Va., Monday is 94 pages long and lists 16 alleged violations of federal law that could keep Jefferson in prison for up to 235 years, according to a Justice Department official who has seen the document. Among the charges listed in the indictment, said the official, are racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money-laundering, obstruction of justice, conspiracy and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case. Jefferson is accused of soliciting bribes for himself and his family, and also for bribing a Nigerian official. Washington Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,440 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Comments from you would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channonc 466 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Good to see we may be on the road to weeding out at least some of the corruption in Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,440 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Good to see we may be on the road to weeding out at least some of the corruption in Washington. I commend your honesty and guts to say that in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterinbham 0 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Good to see we may be on the road to weeding out at least some of the corruption in Washington. One down. About 100,000 to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,126 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Boy, that Bush's Boy Gonzalez is pulling out all the stops to try to divert attention away from his shenannigans in office, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channonc 466 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Boy, that Bush's Boy Gonzalez is pulling out all the stops to try to divert attention away from his shenannigans in office, huh? What was the point in your sarcastic comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,126 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Boy, that Bush's Boy Gonzalez is pulling out all the stops to try to divert attention away from his shenannigans in office, huh? What was the point in your sarcastic comment? Umm.... sarcasm? The Justice Dept. has indicted Congressman Jefferson on 16 counts which ( I heard ) is some 95 pages long. This is the same Congressman Jeffeson who had how many thousands of dollars discovered in his freezer , BEFORE the '06 election, yet was still voted back into office. It's clear by the evidence that the Dem party is by far the ' party of corruption' between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank Burns Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 It's clear by the evidence that the Dem party is by far the ' party of corruption' between the two. I don't think either party holds that monopoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterinbham 0 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Boy, that Bush's Boy Gonzalez is pulling out all the stops to try to divert attention away from his shenannigans in office, huh? What was the point in your sarcastic comment? Umm.... sarcasm? The Justice Dept. has indicted Congressman Jefferson on 16 counts which ( I heard ) is some 95 pages long. This is the same Congressman Jeffeson who had how many thousands of dollars discovered in his freezer , BEFORE the '06 election, yet was still voted back into office. It's clear by the evidence that the Dem party is by far the ' party of corruption' between the two. I know you enjoy fantasy movies, but fantasy politics? Look, I vote for the GOP a lot more than the Dems, but the Republicans are pretty darned corrupt, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,126 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Boy, that Bush's Boy Gonzalez is pulling out all the stops to try to divert attention away from his shenannigans in office, huh? What was the point in your sarcastic comment? Umm.... sarcasm? The Justice Dept. has indicted Congressman Jefferson on 16 counts which ( I heard ) is some 95 pages long. This is the same Congressman Jeffeson who had how many thousands of dollars discovered in his freezer , BEFORE the '06 election, yet was still voted back into office. It's clear by the evidence that the Dem party is by far the ' party of corruption' between the two. I know you enjoy fantasy movies, but fantasy politics? Look, I vote for the GOP a lot more than the Dems, but the Republicans are pretty darned corrupt, too. Pelosi ran on the ridiculous slogan ' the culture of corruption' when describing the former party in control, and yet her party is every bit as corrupt, if not more. There's no 'fantasy' about that at all, just the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomfeeder 244 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I would love to see all of the criminals in Washington brought to justice regardless of party affiliation. Here is a .pdf of the indictment. He's looking at 235 years in prison. http://www.citizensforethics.org/files/jefferson.indict.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 13,017 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 About damn time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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