Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) INDICTED

FoxNews ^ | 6/4/2007

[Keith in Iowa]

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...

[EternalVigilance]

[George W. Bush]

That’s a pretty good defense. He just fell for the old “I am the special assistant to the Nigerian ambassador” email scam.

Dude! He stole my sweet secret Nigerian bank account. They promised me millions in that email they sent me!

[George W. Bush]

Gee, that cartoon resembles our former Speaker. What a strange coincidence. LOL.

[Theodore R.]

This is a victory for liberalism in a sense because whoever replaces Jefferson is likely to be far more liberals than he has been. He has been in the tradition of one of his former employers, J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., now a wealthy lobbyist.

[cynwoody]

Have you ever tried to thaw out a big bundle of cash? I've tried heat lamps, microwave ovens, electric blankets, and it takes for-freaking-ever.

It's even tougher to thaw out an indictment, at least for this Justice Department. But, indicted he is, at last! Now we get to watch him spiral down the porcelain chute.

[italianquaker]

page 37 science edition ny times

[macmedic892]

"IIRC the FBI found out about the cash after Hurricane Katrina when he had the National Guard put their rescue activities on hold to go get his freezer with the cash."

"IIRC, the cash was in the freezer of his home near Washington, D.C., not at his residence in LA. He did get the NG to make accomodations to get his to his house in LA, but that was probably because of another stash."

No, fellas. The FBI sting with video and subsuquent search of the NEW ORLEANS residence was just before Katrina.

In the aftermath, during a "tour" of the devastation, he ordered the NG guys to bring him to his house. While retrieving items from his house, the truck became stuck in the mud, and had to be pulled out by another truck. A helicopter was also diverted from its rescue missions and sent to his house just in case the truck couldn't get out.

[supremedoctrine]

Can I be the first to say “WOW! They really moved quickly on this one!!!” ???

[supremedoctrine]

Can I be the first to say “WOW! They really moved quickly on this one!!!” ???

[supremedoctrine]

#24-———an amazingly creative interpretation/defense!

I like your mind!

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Please feel free to follow the links in post #175. The cash was found in the freezer in his home in Washington, D.C. His home in New Orleans was searched at the same time, but that is not where the cash was stashed.

[omega4179]

This is the most corrupt congress in history! he should resign!

[jazusamo]

You are correct, JDB. It was even announced at the news conference today that the money was found at his Washington DC residence.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Thanks, J.

[unixfox]

Will Ms. Nancy ask him to resign?

The question is, why aren't any of the REPUBLICANS asking him to step down?

Because they are all a bunch of crooks? We need to throw the whole damn bunch of em out and start over. By force if necessary.

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

It’s about time.

[shield]

Not really....it takes time to put all the facts together. Better to have all the solid evidence before an indictment of a blk rat congresscritter from New Orleans, LA...can’t you imagine what’d happen if they did not...

[C210N]

Here is an opportunity to say something somewhat positive about DU and give credit where credit is due: the general opinion there, it seems nearly unanimous even, is Jefferson is a snake, and should resign, be disowned by the 'Rats, etc. My hat's off to them for feeling that way.

Now, I go back to my generally negative opinion of DU.

[shield]

More on this:

As I’ve been telling you readers “Patience”. Grand Juries of this magnitude take time to return findings. Remember that the Alexandria Va. GJ is still ongoing, looking into the SWIFT leak among others, to the media.

But for now lets refresh - if but a little - of our faith in the system.

By the way, this indictment is a whopper, larger in fact than that of Duke Cunningham. The interesting part is who else of Dollar Bill’s friends in congress may have been involved? It’s not a secret that there must be a reason he was treated with such “kit gloves” by some members of his party during the investigation. As Jefferson prepares for trial he will no doubt seek to “cooperate” with prosecutors and perhaps tell us who else profited from the deal.