Posted on 06/30/2009 3:49:38 PM PDT by Libloather
Prosecutors: Jefferson's wife hid bribes
Published: June 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 (UPI) -- A firm owned by the wife of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., earned thousands of dollars but incurred no business expenses, an accountant said.
Jack Swetland, a New Orleans accountant who had worked with the Jeffersons since 1982, testified Monday at William Jefferson's bribery and fraud trial in Alexandria, Va., The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Tuesday.
Prosecutors allege Andrea Jefferson's ANJ consulting firm was a shell company that accepted payments from companies who had sought William Jefferson's help in brokering deals in West Africa.
Jefferson has said his actions were as a private citizen and, therefore, not subject to bribery statutes.
Swetland, who no longer works for the Jeffersons, testified ANJ at one point was getting $7,500 a month from iGate, a Kentucky technology firm, without having spent any money on office space, travel, gas, stamps or a single employee, The Times-Picayune reported.
Prosecutors have said Andrea Jefferson was indispensable in her husband's allegedly illegal deals. Defense lawyers have said there is no evidence she was involved in any kind of criminal conspiracy.
WHOOPS! Sorry about that. The happy perp couple -
Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson enters U.S. District Court with his wife Andrea Jefferson, in Alexandria, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jefferson is facing multiple charges including soliciting bribes, racketeering and money laundering. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Stick her in a cell with Monica Conyers
Guilty as sin.
Jefferson seen here in his more care free days.
Ping!
Slick couple of crooks
When will the public be able to hear and see the FBI tapes on this clown? I want all the Dems on record vouching for how honest this guy is, then we all get to watch him taking the bribes.
Egg, meet Democrat face.
BTTT
Is my memory correct—I recall him being brought to his home by the Coast Guard shortly after Katrina hit, to recover something—the cash from the freezer at his house—at a time when these CG or police assets were needed to pluck people off of the rooftops from his house and rescue them from the flood.
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