Posted on 09/12/2007 5:18:50 PM PDT by Libloather
Unindicted 'co-conspirators' named
Jefferson's brother, wife are among 11
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
By Bruce Alpert
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department has named 11 unindicted "co-conspirators" in the case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, including the congressman's wife and brother and the former vice president of Nigeria.
The information is contained in a letter from prosecutor Mark Lytle to Jefferson's attorney, Robert Trout. The letter was made public last week when attorneys for Jefferson included the letter as one of the exhibits attached to motions asking Virginia federal Judge T.S. Ellis III to drop 14 of the 16 criminal charges now pending against the congressman.
Being listed as a co-conspirator doesn't mean that a criminal indictment will follow, but does indicate that the government believes the designated individuals were participants in what it considers an illegal transaction.
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Investigators say Jefferson was videotaped accepting $100,000 from a government informant, Lori Mody, to bribe Abubakar, who at the time in the summer of 2005 was Nigeria's vice president. All but $10,000 was found by FBI agents in the freezer of Jefferson's Washington, D.C., home, which the congressman's attorneys say should invalidate the charge that he bribed the vice president and violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Abubakar has denied taking or soliciting bribes from Jefferson.
Andrea Jefferson named
The Lytle letter also names Andrea Jefferson, the congressman's wife, and two Nigerian business officials, Dumebi Kachikwu and Suleiman YahYah.
In a conversation secretly recorded by the FBI, and revealed in court documents, Jefferson said that YahYah had "a lot of folks to pay off" to get iGate's telecommunications project operational in Nigeria. His attorney last year denied that YahYah had bribed anybody.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessreport.com ...
So now we know where all the money goes from those Nigerian internet scams.
Scum.
Why is the US Attorey’s office dragging this case out so long. As former criminal investigator, my boss would have pulled me off the case and sent to the streets if I worked this slow!
Expect him to get the same harsh treatment Sandy Berger got.
Okay, if that is the case, it is time to "Move On"!
He should resign along with Hillary Clinton!!!!!!......Now!!!!... Period...!!!!!!!........
It only seems like forever. Billy Jeff (D-La) was indicted June 4th.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
By Bruce Alpert
WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, and the Justice Department have reached agreement on the disclosure of documents, evidence and witness lists for the federal corruption trial now scheduled for January.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1187851580215120.xml&coll=1
Oh big deal.....tempest in a teapot compared to the toilet bowl foot taps and rubs by that criminal R-Sen. Craig. /sc
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