Posted on 06/04/2007 9:52:18 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
Edited on 06/04/2007 11:09:19 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON — Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on 16 counts related to a long-running bribery investigation on counts including racketeering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. [snip]
Previously from Drudge.com:
Sources tell CBS NEWS that Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) will be indicted this afternoon on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption. Jefferson has been the subject of a ongoing probe in which FBI agents allegedly found more than 90-thousand dollars in cash in his freezer. The Justice Department is expected to unveil the charges later today... Developing...
I think you’re right. Who knows what he had stashed at his house down there.
It's only Republicans who have a House caucus rule that indicted leaders must step down from posts. It's also interesting to note that when Republicans tried to change their caucus rule to protect Tom DeLay from Ronnie Earle, Democrats cried foul so loudly that the Republicans eventually caved, resulting in DeLay stepping down from his leadership role.
It's amazing that Republicans didn't even have the guts to manage their OWN rules their own way. Let's see what the Democrats now do about Jefferson, and how the Republicans react to them.
-PJ
Or even a "Rite of Passage."
-PJ
Paris Hilton will serve more jail time than Jefferson.
He may still. Indictment doesn't equal conviction, and if he's tried in La. or D.C., he may just walk free.
Uh no, he won’t be resigning, nor will the “leadership” of the democrap party ask him to.
Nothing in their party’s bylaws or rules of governance says that Jefferson should even consider doing so, especially at the indictment stage.
Consider the long tenure of Senator “I-Let-A-Woman-Drown-In-My-Car-And-Got-Off-Scott-Free” Kennedy. (Although he was never indicted or even accused of anything near what was called for)
It’s official, he’s indicted but of course the media won’t put it breaking because he’s black and a democrat.
I specifically remember that one of the main items being removed from his home was the freezer, odd considering that most people would want to take more valuable items other than a freezer. He had everything the Guard removed shipped to his D.C. office and that was where it was found. Why would he want a full-size freezer in his office?
I ask for his resignation.
I hope this gets moving. It is about time Dims are held accountable for the things they accuse others of doing. Dems = Culture of Corruption
From Rep.Jefferson’s House bio... as of this minute ...
“U.S. Representative William Jennings Jefferson is now serving is eighth term as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. Representing the 2nd District of Louisiana since 1991, he is the first African-American to be elected to Congress in Louisiana since Reconstruction. Jefferson is an active and senior member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and its subcommittee on Trade. He is also a member of the House Committee on the Budget. He serves as Co-Chair of the Africa Trade and Investment Caucus as well as the Congressional Caucuses on Brazil and Nigeria. Jefferson is also the current Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy, research and educational institute founded by members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1976.”
http://www.house.gov/jefferson/biography.shtml
I hope all these credentials don’t last much longer.
Thanks for the edits.
I'd heard about the tape but not the news he'll be tried in Va. Thanks for the info. There is a God!!!
haha she already “asked” him to.. he told her to pound salt, that was ages ago...
Will the Dems actually kick him out? Probably not...
Pu$$ies are as Pu$$ies do.
DFU SONG: Cold as Ice (yes, Democrat William Jefferson's hundreds are cold as ice)
DFU SONGS | 5-2006 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
Posted on 05/22/2006 9:04:35 AM PDT by doug from upland
MIDI - COLD AS ICE (Foreigner)
This bill's cold as ice...my boss says it won't suffice, no sir
This isn't very nice...he'll make me pay the price, no sir
I've not had a hundred that would ever snap
So Congressman Jefferson what is this crap
I bring pizza hot...right here to your door
I live off my tips...what are you doing this for?
This bill's cold as ice...my boss says it won't suffice, no sir
This isn't very nice...he'll make me pay the price, no sir
I don't understand dishonest Democrats
We search for corruption...that is where you're always at
One day a rich drunk drives off of a bridge
Now you hide your bribe money right there in your fridge
Cold as ice...it's freezing my hand
Cold as ice
This hundred is cold as ice
This hundred is cold as ice
This hundred is cod as ice
Pretty old thread. Did anything come about this? Over a year old???
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