Jury sees videos of La. congressman accepting cash

Associated Press ^ | MATTHEW BARAKAT

[rvoitier]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal jury has seen video of a former Louisiana congressman accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000 in cash outside a northern Virginia hotel.

[LukeL]

I thought the briefcase full of money was just in the movies.

[Clara Lou]

Why, this must be about a Democrat, because otherwise it would say “Republican” in the title.

[Westbrook]

Won’t matter.

If there are any DemonRATs on the jury, the perp walks.

[domenad]

From what I understand the suitcase manufacturing company is owned by a REPUBLICAN, and thus this is our fault.

[library user]

Hey, it’s William Jefferson .... AGAIN!

[Roccus]

What did the National Guard assist him in retrieving from his home post-Katrina?!?!?

[skully]

Is this in addition to the 90K they found in his freezer??

[the_devils_advocate_666]

"Jefferson's lawyers have said Jefferson's business deals weren't illegal."

Be interesting to see how they go about proving his innocence.

[americanophile]

This is such a slam-dunk case...how is this still going?

[clintonh8r]

Not guilty under the OJ Doctrine. Next case!

[hoosiermama]

In journalism school the reporter are taught not the mention the obvious the common place: only point out an unexpected, unusual condition.

Corruption etc is common place in the Democrat Party...It is unusual and unexpected in the Republican. Thus the notation or lack of in news releases.

[JRandomFreeper]

Be interesting to see how they go about proving his innocence.

Ummm. even in LA, which has French based laws, instead of English law like all the other states.... The State has to prove him guilty. He is assumed to be innocent.

First, we give him a fair trial. THEN we hang him.

/johnny

[cynwoody]

Congressman William Jefferson

Democrat, Louisiana

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

What’s the jury sposed to believe - what the slimeball says or their own lying eyes?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Was the cash packed in dry ice in the briefcase?

[DoughtyOne]

You mean “party affiliation” in the title.

When there’s a Democrat, there is no mention of one.

You are correct that ‘Republican’ is the only one that every shows up.

Another pet peeve of mine is the mention of right winger or far right winged, or Conservative this or that.

You never hear left winger, far left wing, or Marxist this or that.

[DoughtyOne]

Poor guy. He had two thirds of his insurance policy in order.

If he would have only added the word Clinton to his name, he could have skated home free, and won the Presidency.

[Recon Dad]

As long as there was no little boy waiting in one of the motel rooms.....what's the matter! /sarc

[Clara Lou]

You never hear left winger, far left wing, or Marxist this or that.
You are so right.