"Congressman Used National Guard to Visit Home"

ABC News ^ | Sept. 13, 3005 | JAKE TAPPER

[Liberatio]

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Two Heavy Trucks, Helicopter Were Involved in Lawmaker's Trip at Height of Crisis

Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a congressman used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue his personal belongings — even while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC News has learned.

On Sept. 2 — five days after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast — Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., who represents New Orleans and is a senior member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was allowed through the military blockades set up around the city to reach the Superdome, where thousands of evacuees had been taken.

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[3IDVET]

Here's something y'all might find interesting, got it from a recent LouisianaforBushCheney email. Trying to recall or impeach Governor Blanco, she's not very well liked here, never really has been.

http://jeffblanco.blogdrive.com/

[barker]

Apparently Wm. Jefferson was trying to remove incriminating papers before the FBI could find them.

LOL That was my first thought on this story.

[Non-Sequitur]

I understand he was pissed because the Coast Guard helicopter crewman broke an upstairs window.

[JoJo Gunn]

Thanks, but at the time I didn't see the other two, and I'd been looking ever since Rush began reading it.