Posted on 06/07/2007 12:55:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge Thursday froze the assets of Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), D-La., who was indicted this week on charges of soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Among the 16 criminal counts Jefferson is facing is a criminal forfeiture count, and prosecutors have already said they will seek to recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars from Jefferson that they believe he obtained illicitly by peddling his influence to help broker business deals in Africa.
Jefferson is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in U.S. District Court.
The restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III lists two savings accounts with Dryades Savings Bank and Chevy Chase Bank with a combined value of more than $470,000, plus certain stock holdings that Jefferson is barred from liquidating.
Headlines can be funny sometimes. Since he had his money in the freezer, talking about frozen assets is pretty funny
Been there done that...........hisself.......
Perfect headline.
Richly deserved.
perhaps even ap has a sense of humor ? lol
or at least sees the irony of this whole sordid affair.
ironic
Where’s Nancy Pelosi? She has been all over the culture of corruption issue. What is her position on Mr. Jefferson?
Excellent move on the part of the judge. The loss of his assets could hurt him more than a prison term.
Does this mean it won’t be business as usual now?
So he's responsible for all that spam coming out of Nigeria.
T.S. Ellis appointed by a good guy, Ronald Reagan.
I eagerly await the Email plea for money from Jefferson...
It will describe his plight of being unable to access any funds due to oppression and offer to share monies owed him by some obscure Nigerian official! In fact, I am certain that I could edit one of the numerous Yahoo mail spams in my mailbox to fit the bill...
Judge puts freeze on Jefferson’s assets
Perfect headline.”
Did he take Jefferson’s passport???? I would have. I would also have put on an electronic bracelet...
Where’s Nancy Pelosi? She has been all over the culture of corruption issue. What is her position on Mr. Jefferson?”
Don’t tempt me with an answer that will get me pulled.....
Just d@mn~!
I agree. I could see this guy skipping the country.
shouldn’t the headline read
Judge REFREEZES Jefferson’s assets ?
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