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
Maybe the Dems should find something else to throw him under. Appearantly the buses don't move too well down there.
It's always for the children.
I don't think the dems care how hypocritical they are. See for example SanFranNan, who keeps braying about the "culture of corruption" with nary a nod to her own party's "corrupts" (if that's a noun).
Double Bump
Yep...the pimp Rush will love this because this TIME it was a Dem...
But you and I both know...Repubs and Dems are both slimey corupt pieces of crap don't we?
Rush is nothing more than a pimp...selling his snake oil...
It's been on FNC throughout the day.
I remember hearing about the "money in the freezer" part of this story a few years ago.
If the MSM were fair we would get a year of non-stop stories out of this.
COLD,hard cash
Most congressmen are heads of small businesses. That is their friends and relatives all get jobs in Washington. Plus, if you look at this one limo service, it looks like you get free ho's too.
I'm just glad they did not find a dead body in the freezer.
You don't have to be a hoodlum as you imply that poster was to realize that US trade policy and much of our foreign policy (ex-terrorism issues) is geared towards the interests of the fortune 100. "follow the money" may sound cliche but it is almost always a good rule when wondering why something is done.
Surely you don't think that GE, microsoft, Intel, Walmart, etc., have only the same amount of influence in washington AND WITH YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE that you do?
he must not have realized he was on film taking money when he released that, or perhaps he is simply in denial.
Remember ABSCAM? Maybe this is the start of another one of those.
Talk about a culture of Corruption... Jeez Dingy Harry Reid and his ugly twin Pelosi...ought to be all over this.. right???
He was just sticking it to the man, jury acquital and re-election to follow.
What a nice start to Pelosi's week, eh?
he'll just say he was framed and will win re-election in a landslide!
So, what do you suppose was in those suitcases and the large box Congressman Jefferson recovered from his flooded house? What could possibly be worth taking that kind of risk?
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