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Witness: US Rep's (William Jefferson RAT-La) bribes hidden as consulting fees
Yahoo ^ | 6/17/09 | MATTHEW BARAKAT

Posted on 06/17/2009 5:06:59 PM PDT by Libloather

Edited on 06/17/2009 5:10:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Kentucky businessman testified Wednesday he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in "consulting fees" to the wife of a former Louisiana congressman that were nothing but thinly veiled bribes.

Testifying in a green prison jumpsuit, Jackson told jurors that his relationship with Jefferson began legitimately. Jackson felt he needed some public officials on his side as he sought Army contracts for a technology he invented that purported to move data over copper transmission lines at speeds that rival more advanced fiber optic lines.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bribes; jefferson; rat; trial
Testifying in a green prison jumpsuit...

Get Billy Jeff sized for one of those...

1 posted on 06/17/2009 5:07:00 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

US Rep’s (William Jefferson RAT-La) bribes hidden as consulting fees,
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Try the freezer...


2 posted on 06/17/2009 5:19:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Libloather

Jefferson’s dirty - everyone knows it.


3 posted on 06/17/2009 5:23:30 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSM NEVER covered flu deaths like this - is the flu killing members of liberal victim groups?)
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To: Libloather

Not nearly as important to the media as Sosa and that Nev Senators affair


4 posted on 06/17/2009 5:24:27 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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