Posted on 12/31/2015 6:11:22 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON - The Louisiana Supreme Court Friday (May 1) permanently barred former Rep. William Jefferson from practicing law.
Jefferson, 68, a Democrat who represented New Orleans in Congress for 12 terms, is serving a 13-year prison sentence in Oakdale for corruption and not scheduled for release until August, 30, 2023, when he would be 76 years old.
The Louisiana Supreme Court said in its ruling that it agreed with the unanimous finding of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board that the conduct of the Harvard-educated lawyer is so egregious that he should not be allowed to return to the practice of law.
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7/10/15 - Former U.S. Rep. Bill Jefferson's home sells for $758,000
Nine years and 11 months ago, five FBI agents armed with a search warrant rapped on the door of an Uptown home in the 1900 block of Marengo Street.
Mr cold hard cash in the freezer. What a loser. Let him rot.
I think we called him FRIDGE,,,back when this mess was first discovered, no?
Yeah, and let's not forget he commandeered a National Guard truck to go get his cash after Katrina.
Isn’t Jefferson the one that had the National Guard take him to his house to recover his stash during Hurricane Katrina?
What took them so long?
A true “jailhouse lawyer”.
Cold Cash
It only took six years to disbar him.
He was a thorough LA Democrat, aide to J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., successor to Lindy Boggs, what’s not to like? Believe he lost a race for mayor. New Orleans people wouldn’t treat him this harshly.
Yes...even while trapped people were still trying to escape the flooding.
Cold Cash Jefferson
His NOLA street name was actually Dollar Bill Jefferson.
Jefferson owned several vacant, blighted apartment buildings in the NO area for years.
He refused to sell them or clean them up, but somehow managed to continue paying property taxes and fines (or bribes) despite no rental income from the vacant buildings.
Vagrants, dope dealers, crack hos conducted their activities in and around.
Drove the neighbors nutz.
We suspected the real estate was being used to launder drug money.
This is the guy that Rush always referred to as Representative William Jefferson, DEMOCRAT, Louisiana because the media refused to identify him as a dem.
Now Granny can pick him to run with. He has a perfect Democrat resume.
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