Judge T.S. Ellis III
Posted on 06/22/2009 7:20:55 PM PDT by Libloather
Judge impatient with pace in trial of former Rep. William Jefferson
by Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune
Monday June 22, 2009, 12:13 PM
ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- The judge expressed some impatience this morning with the pace of the public corruption trial of former Rep. William Jefferson.
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Trout said the personal service agreement would show why Mody was unhappy with Jackson and Pfeffer, who also has pleaded guilty to paying bribes to Jefferson. He said it was significant that Mody initially made no allegations about Jefferson.
Ellis appeared to disagree.
"So what?" the judge said after the jury had been dismissed for lunch, noting that what Mody believed to be potentially illegal activity was not relevant to the jurors.
Ellis said he would rule after lunch whether the document would be included.
Earlier in the day Trout questioned Jackson about whether payments he made to the Nigerian technology company NDTV were bribes. Jackson had described the payments as "kickbacks," but conceded under cross examination that they probably were bribes.
When it was pointed out that Jackson had told the FBI that he was never asked to pay bribes to anyone in Nigeria, Jackson said, "Let's say I was in denial when bribery was concerned."
The cross examination of Jackson is expected to continue this afternoon.
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I’m surprised that Obama/Holder haven’t dropped the charges.
It's racist to hold Black people responsible for anything.
It is criminal that the Ensign extramarital affair is the news and this gets relatively NO coverage.
BTTT
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