"Do you have a Japanese banana?"
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...
Bob Ney left Congress two months after he entered guilty pleas. Duke Cunningham resigned effective immediately after pleading guilty. They both quit after a conviction, not an indictment. Because I can't find any reference to either of them being indicted, it seems likely that both waived the indictment and struck plea bargains.
The headline on that page is "Ethics Group Asks Pelosi to Seek Rep. William Jefferson's Resignation From Congress." Seek is not the same thing as make.
Pelosi has no power to force Jefferson to resign, though she can strip him of his seniority and all his committee assignments and basically make him feel about as welcome as a pork rind at a bar mitzvah.
The House can, by a simple majority vote, expel any member, but that traditionally isn't done without a conviction. Most convicted members of Congress resign immediately after being convicted, if not before; the only recent exception I can remember is Jim Traficant, who was expelled and is currently in federal prison.
What is the opinion of the Congressional White Caucas?
Oh wait. That would be racist.
VICE-PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar's wife, Jennifer, has been indicted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe of US Congressman, William Jefferson, over bribery involving a transnational tele-communications deal. Jennifer resides in the Potomac, Maryland home of Atiku which was raided on August 3, 2005, by the FBI in connection with the bribery investigation.
In a report on Tuesday, the FBI revealed that a taped conversation between Jefferson and a wired Mody saw the embattled American lawmaker describing Jennifer as a "front". Jefferson told Mody that the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Gede Foundation, being operated in Washington by Jennifer, was a front, being used to channel illegal funds by the Atiku family.
Gede Foundation, according to the founder, was to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The affidavit recently unsealed by the FBI on the investigation also quoted Jefferson as describing Atiku Abubakar as "a businessman who has more deals than the man in the moon and he's a very well, the word might be... corrupt".
"Do you have a Japanese banana?"
1 Atiku Abubakar
2 Otumba Fashawe
3 Vernon Jackson
4 Maureen Scurry a.k.a Maureen Edu
5 NDTV
6 Rosecom.Net
7 Life Energy Technology Holdings (LETH)
8 TDC Oversees
9 Arkel Sugar
10 Arkel International
11 IGate
12 ANJ Group
13 W2-IBBS, Limited
14 Diverse Communication
15 Global Energy& Environmental Services
16 Jefferson Interest Inc
17 IBILE Holdings Limited
18 International Broadband Services, Limited
19 William Jefferson
20 Andrea Jefferson
21 Jamila Jefferson
22 Jalilah E. Jefferson
23 Nailah A. Jefferson
24 Jelani F. Jefferson
25 Akilah A. Jefferson
26 Tory Bullock
27 Philips Jones, Jr
28 Mose Jefferson
29 Bennie Jefferson
30 Archie Jefferson
31 Coy related to the above
"Do you have a Japanese banana?"
IN MY PANTS!
So all of those e-mails that I get from "Barrister Zimbabuntubu" (and similar) about wanting to give me $10,000,000 becasue my long lost great, great, great, three times removed, uncle, passed away and left me with the money are TRUE!!!
[Since Katrina hit on or about August 29th, it doesn’t compute that it was the same freezer.]
Ok, I stand corrected.
Then the question is, what was so important about the freezer in his NO home that warranted his involving NG and others??
>>ROFL You mean Blanco? Your sarcasm is beautiful.<<
Well, she did such a magnificent job with Katrina, I’m sure she’ll appoint someone worthy of continuing the the William Jefferson legacy. In fact, I’d bet on it.
Is Queen Pelosi demanding his resignation? We’ve all been told this is the most ethical congress in history *stops drinking the coolaid*
DOUGLAS-ABUBAKA, JENNIFER
POTOMAC, MD 20854
HOMEMAKER
DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL 06/30/2000 5000.00 20035761701
Total Soft Money: 5000.00
Contributions to Political Committees
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER
POTOMAC, MD 20854
USAID
CLELAND, JOSEPH MAXWELL VIA FRIENDS OF MAX CLELAND FOR THE US SENATE INC 02/20/2002 250.00 22020290638
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER J
SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
USAID
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 09/08/2000 500.00 20036150899
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER J.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
USAID/SPECIAL ASSISTANT
GORE, AL VIA GORE 2000 INC 03/11/1999 250.00 20990084055
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER MS.
POTOMAC, MD 20854
GEDE FOUNDATION/PRESIDENT
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 11/21/2003 25000.00 23992532958
DOUGLAS-ABUBAKA, JENNIFER
POTOMAC, MD 20854
HOMEMAKER
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 06/30/2000 20000.00 20035760210
DOUGLAS-ABUBAKAR, JENNIFER
POTOMAC, MD 20854
HOMEMAKER
MIKULSKI, BARBARA VIA MIKULSKI FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 09/30/2003 1000.00 23020372022
DOUGLAS-ABUBAKAR, JENNIFER E
POTOMAC, MD 20854
SEDE FOUNDATION/PRESIDENT
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS VIA VAN HOLLEN FOR CONGRESS 01/26/2004 500.00 24990525459
Total Contributions: 47500.00
Joint Fundraising Contributions
These are contributions to committees who are raising funds to be distributed to other committees. The breakdown of these contributions to their final recipients may appear below
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER J MS.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783
SELF EMPLOYED/CONSULTANT
KERRY VICTORY 2004 07/09/2004 250.00 24962130552
Total Joint Fundraising: 250.00
Recipient of Joint Fundraiser Contributions
These are the Final Recipients of Joint Fundraising Contributions
DOUGLAS, JENNIFER J MS.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783
SELF EMPLOYED
KERRY, JOHN F VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC 07/09/2004 250.00 24962262013
Weird that she also gave such a large sum to the RNC, considering her other donations.
No appointments are possible for the U.S. House — it’s in the Constitution. Special elections are required, and the Jefferson district is 90 percent Democrat. People there really admire Jefferson as a “poor boy” done well.
>>No appointments are possible for the U.S. House — it’s in the Constitution. Special elections are required, and the Jefferson district is 90 percent Democrat. People there really admire Jefferson as a “poor boy” done well.<<
I think you are forgetting Article 1 section 2 clause 4 but I was mainly trying to make fun of the governor... sorry about that.
>>Clause 4: When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.<<
The media will bury this then drop it because he is a black Dem.(protected species). Jefferson will get a free pass by the lib judge and lib jury in LA but Lewis Libby will rot in jail. The Nazi Media is getting a bit out of control. The last election empowered them, doesn’t anybody get it. We need another Reagan type to get beyond the Nazi media and address the people directly. Bush has failed to do this.
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