Posted on 09/29/2007 7:18:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Feds deny Jefferson was made to talk
FBI agents say he was clothed, free to end interview at his home
Saturday, September 29, 2007
By Bruce Alpert
WASHINGTON -- Asking a judge to reject U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's motion to suppress what federal prosecutors say were "incriminating" statements he made during a 2005 interview at his New Orleans home, the government Friday denied the nine-term congressman's contention that he was effectively kept captive in his residence and said he voluntarily agreed to answer questions.
The government's motion said Jefferson was visibly dejected after being shown a DVD recording of him taking a briefcase from a cooperating government witness with $100,000 and told the agents playing the tape: "What a waste."
The Justice Department also asked federal Judge T.S. Ellis III to reject Jefferson's motion to move the trial from northern Virginia to Washington, D.C.
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His motion contends that the northern Virginia court has a lower percentage of African-Americans than Washington and by bringing the case there the government is preventing the African-American congressman from being tried by his peers.
"The defendant's claim that prosecution in the Eastern District of Virginia violates his rights under the Equal Protection Clause are baseless," the Justice Department brief said.
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In one motion, Jefferson's attorneys said the nine-term New Orleans Democrat was awakened by a knock on his front door by law enforcement agents on Aug. 3, 2005, at 7 a.m. and was then questioned for more than two hours while unshaven and in bare feet. When he went to the bathroom, his attorneys said, he was told to keep the door open, effectively making him and his family feel like they were under house arrest.
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Main Entry: 1peer
Pronunciation: 'pir
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French per, from per, adjective, equal, from Latin par
1 : one that is of equal standing with another : EQUAL; especially : one belonging to the same societal group especially based on age, grade, or status
2 archaic : COMPANION
3 a : a member of one of the five ranks (as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron) of the British peerage b : NOBLE 1
- peer adjective
His only peers are criminals. They tend to be in jail and not eligible for jury duty.
You don’t understand how government works in Lousiana then.
They re-elected Edwin Edwards even though they knew he was a crook (and he was LATER sentenced to Federal prison in Texas).
“You don’t understand how government works in Lousiana then.”
Sorry I was thinking of his peers in Washington.
Apparently the gentleman from Louisiana believes that those not of his race are likewise not his equals. It thus appears that he and his counsel have decided that racism is required as part of his defense.
I am still puzzling over the court’s rejection of the thousands of dollars from his freezer.
>>The Justice Department also asked federal Judge T.S. Ellis III
One of the Hollow Men I presume.
DUH! EVERYPLACE has a lower percentage of African-Americans than Washington D.C.!
He really means all the other black people who live in DC, not to mention all the CLINTON-APPOINTED judges who will give him a slap on the wrist and dismiss the charges.
Why is this clown criminal still in office?
Why after finding all that money in his fridge isn’t he in jail?
Why have the dems not put him out with the garbage like the Republicans do when they find out one of their own is a p.o.s.?
“He really means all the other black people who live in DC”
I don’t recall using the word ‘black’. I was referring to the criminals like Fienstein and Boxer.
I know .. that’s why I said what I did - Jefferson wasn’t talking about Diane and Babs - he was talking about other black people. Certainly Diane and Babs wouldn’t be sitting on a jury .. only the black citizens of DC would be.
You don’t have to agree .. it’s fine with me.
Our choice was Edwards the crook or David Duke the Klansman.
I voted for the Crook.
Who would you have voted for?
I'll bet you could have written in someone who was worthy.
“I’ll bet you could have written in someone who was worthy.”
And you would lose that bet.
The Supreme Court upheld Louisiana’s ban on write-ins in 1992
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf2004112_5680_db038.htm
Yup!
Crooked as a Ram’s Horn
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