Posted on 05/23/2009 10:23:34 PM PDT by Libloather
Renee Gill Pratt, ex-N.O. councilwoman and state representative, indicted
by Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune Friday May 22, 2009, 9:41 PM
Renee Gill PrattRenee Gill Pratt, a former state representative and New Orleans city councilwoman, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on federal racketeering charges that accuse her and members of the Jefferson political family of operating a "criminal enterprise" that raided nonprofit organizations created to help disadvantaged people.
The indictment of Gill Pratt comes nearly one year after a grand jury indicted her longtime boyfriend, Mose Jefferson; his sister, 4th District Assessor Betty Jefferson; and Angela Coleman, Betty Jefferson's daughter; on various charges of skimming money from nonprofit organizations that were supposed to help impoverished communities. A trial in that case was scheduled for early August but will be pushed back.
The indictment of Gill Pratt also includes the two Jeffersons, siblings of U.S. Rep. Bill Jefferson, and Coleman. The four operated "a criminal enterprise for the financial and political benefit of the defendants" from 1991 through 2006, according to a news release issued by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office.
The indictment issued Friday incorporates Gill Pratt into the alleged conspiracy to launder money from nonprofit groups, while offering up some new details of how the money was spent.
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Gill Pratt funneled money to nonprofit groups controlled by the Jefferson family both as a state legislator for more than a decade and as a member of the New Orleans City Council. The specific appropriations mentioned in the indictment date to 1999, when Gill Pratt was a member of the state House of Representatives.
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Nope. Just a whole bunch of greedy RATS...
Since no party affiliation is mentioned, I assume these thieves and frauds are democrats.
NOLA is a criminal enterprise!
Of course its a republican right?
A Democrat, Pratt served as state representative for District 91 from 1991 to 2002 when she was succeeded by Rosalind Peychaud.[1] Pratt served on the New Orleans city council for District B from 2002 to 2006.
They’re just poor ole colored people trying to make an honest living.....besides that, it was all Bush’s fault !!!!!!
Well, theyre moving on up, Lets hear the Jefferson theme song.
ACORN? SEUI perhaps? We can only hope the full scope of corruption of the democrat party will be made public. Glenn Beck alluded to the corruption reaching very high up the political food chain.
The current democrat party ain't your father's democrat party. I have tried to convince a number of dems of this. A few have actually started paying attention.
I've come to the conclusion that the MSM understands that everyone knows that the 'Rats are the party of theft and corruption, so that's why they don't mention it. It's just redundant information.
I wish.
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