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Lawmaker Accused of Hiding $90G in Freezer - Filing: Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 21 MAY 2006 | AP

Posted on 05/21/2006 2:06:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer. At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 109th; coldcash; corruptdems; culturecorruption; cultureofcorruption; democratlouisiana; democrooks; dnc; jefferson; williamjefferson
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To: Howlin
Jefferson assured the FBI informant in their coded conversations that he paid the money to the Nigerian official, even though the money was still in Jefferson's possession when agents searched his home Aug. 3.

Aug 3rd??? .... I'm guessing the year was 2005?

61 posted on 05/21/2006 5:34:31 PM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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To: maica

real, press release he did last week.


62 posted on 05/21/2006 5:49:47 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: OldFriend

This is the same guy that used a National Guard vehicle and troops to take him to his house and collect personal items during the height of the Katrina fiasco.


63 posted on 05/21/2006 5:52:14 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: deport
To all

What the latest on Mollohan from WV?
He should be next!
64 posted on 05/21/2006 5:54:06 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Howlin
Talk about your Kodak moments!

Reminds me of the immortal words....

"Bitch set me up!"

65 posted on 05/21/2006 5:55:08 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

A Harvard Lawyer!
Rush will go nuts Monday.


66 posted on 05/21/2006 7:08:41 PM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Paydirt!

FBI agents load the back of a minivan at the Rayburn House Office Building 'horseshoe' entrance Sunday, May 21, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Beginning Saturday evening, May 20, 2006, agents from the FBI searched the congressional offices of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

FBI search offices of Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson"

67 posted on 05/21/2006 7:14:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The Democrat Party Culture of Corruption must be ended.


68 posted on 05/21/2006 7:15:51 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Memo to GOP: Don't ask me for any more money until you secure our Southern border.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
....and we think the corruption in Africa is out of control. It's undoubtedly far worse in this country than the electorate is willing to admit.

The border issue certainly helped me decide how bad the corruption is here because the propositions flying around the whitehouse and senate defy logic. Yes, the underlying dynamic finally crystallized for me on this single issue. The thought that anyone with an ounce of logic would support propositions that have allowed and will continue to allow our country to be overrun with indigents was incomprehensible? For a while I and many others thought the president and certain senators (dems and pubbies):

1) had a heart for illegal immigrants- WRONG! or
2) were reaching out to illegals and trying to build their respective voting constituencies for the future- MOSTLY WRONG!

The overarching truth is, in their worldview, it's a world of business and sovereign nations only serve to restrict business operations and ultimately, profits. Who needs borders? Free trade, cheap labor, and open borders for all! Yep, they're all one world government whores sold out to their big business constituents. That's the only explanation that is consistent with their actions over the last 25 years. In truth, they've all sold us down the river for big business and a one world government which will benefit.... you guessed it.... big business.
69 posted on 05/21/2006 7:24:54 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Rockitz

So, how was the anti-globalization protest/riot you last went to? Did you have fun trashing...whatever? To protest Bush, Cheney, Big Oil and Haliburton? Oh, you say you didn't do that...well, excuse me I mistook you for one of them for what reason I can't imagine...


70 posted on 05/21/2006 7:32:04 PM PDT by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: Ellesu
Amazing! It reads like fiction. Thanks for including it on this thread. Freepers Rule!

I would take full responsibility for any crimes that I committed if that were the case. But I will not plead guilty to something I did not do, no matter how things are made to look and no matter the risks. My family has insisted that I take this position, even if it causes additional repercussions or discomfort for them. As a family, we trust God to see us through.

71 posted on 05/21/2006 7:36:00 PM PDT by maica ( We have a destination in mind, and that is a freer world. -- G W Bush)
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To: txrangerette

...and just how do you explain the actions of the pols over the past 25 years? What's the unifying theme? If your head explodes, I'll understand.


72 posted on 05/21/2006 7:40:54 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: deport

Thanks so much for the refresher course on William Jefferson Criminal.

(Gee, I think I've used that exact name before.)


73 posted on 05/21/2006 7:42:59 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Ellesu
The biggest blow to this guy is loss of public honor. He would have been happy to play the part of a God-fearing, compassionate, public servant for his entire career while taking money under the table. Backed into a corner, he resorts to the "I was framed" ploy hoping to safe face with his family, friends, and voters, if only for a season.
74 posted on 05/21/2006 7:48:59 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Kaslin
Huh, except in most cases, Republican charges are non charges, and trumped up.
75 posted on 05/21/2006 7:56:35 PM PDT by gidget7 (PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
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To: Rockitz

his daughter.

http://house.legis.state.la.us/H-Reps/members.asp?ID=91


76 posted on 05/21/2006 7:57:04 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: maica

http://house.legis.state.la.us/H-Reps/members.asp?ID=91

his daughter


77 posted on 05/21/2006 7:58:36 PM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Ellesu

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Occupation
Attorney

Education
Harvard College, A.B.; University of Chicago, M.A.; Harvard Law, J.D.

Natch!!! No problem for some to get into Harvard!


78 posted on 05/21/2006 8:28:13 PM PDT by maica (Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle --Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

100 grand in cold hard cash.

Pelosi should quickly plead with Jefferson to change his party.


79 posted on 05/21/2006 8:41:25 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: Ellesu
Too late. At the national level, there are no defenders to be found. The Dems have thrown this Black guy under the bus.
80 posted on 05/21/2006 9:00:07 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (There are only a few absolute truths in life, the rest are just opinion.)
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