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Affidavit: $90,000 found in democrat, congressman's freezer, also caught on tape taking bribe!
CNN ^ | May22, 2006 | Kevin Bohn and Terry Frieden

Posted on 05/22/2006 5:31:12 AM PDT by OPS4

Affidavit: $90,000 found in congressman's freezer FBI wraps up search of Jefferson's office in bribery probe WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal agents searched the Capitol Hill office of a Louisiana congressman under investigation on bribery charges Sunday, while newly released court papers said agents found $90,000 in cash last year in his Washington home. the cash sum in a freezer. The money was divided among various frozen food containers, according to the heavily redacted affidavit. Agents told a judge the money was part of a $100,000 payment that had been delivered by an informant in the bribery probe, which already has led to guilty pleas by a Kentucky businessman and a former Jefferson aide.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: black; corruption; democrats; dupe; ijustwokeup; lookinbreakingnews; politicalcorruption; search
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How much press will this thief get? OPS4 God Bless America!
1 posted on 05/22/2006 5:31:13 AM PDT by OPS4
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To: OPS4

Culture of Corruption.........Where did $10k go?.........


2 posted on 05/22/2006 5:32:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: OPS4

Cold hard cash?


3 posted on 05/22/2006 5:32:34 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Red Badger

Speak up Nancy you bubble-eyed buffoon.


4 posted on 05/22/2006 5:33:17 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Had to make sure somebody had said that.....

Thanks for not disappointing.


5 posted on 05/22/2006 5:36:06 AM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: Red Badger

kickbacks somewhere... follow the money


6 posted on 05/22/2006 5:36:49 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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To: OPS4
Had this been a conservative, his name would have been in the headline
7 posted on 05/22/2006 5:39:17 AM PDT by TXFireman
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To: OPS4
He's already pulling his race card. How long before the likes of Reverend Jackson, Al Sharpton and the ACLU get involved. ...3, 2, 1.
8 posted on 05/22/2006 5:41:25 AM PDT by poobear (The most critical job that Americans will not do (just illegals): Vote for Democrats!)
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To: OPS4
Where's Pelosi calling for the removal of this cancer in the culture of corruption ? ,...oh wait....never-mind
9 posted on 05/22/2006 5:41:26 AM PDT by stylin19a (There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't)
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To: OPS4

Tilt Down 11 threads below..already posted . http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636229/posts


10 posted on 05/22/2006 5:41:31 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: theDentist

It was already illegal money, who's he gonna kick it back to? The FBI?......


11 posted on 05/22/2006 5:41:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: OPS4
I wonder if this crook will get the same time or more than Jim (Beam Me Up) Traficant.

But then, we musn't brandish the race card, must we?.

Leni

12 posted on 05/22/2006 5:42:29 AM PDT by MinuteGal (FReeps Ahoy 4 cruisers are home! Check the cruise thread for photos. Hit red "4" on Home Page)
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To: OPS4

Frozen assets, cold cash.


13 posted on 05/22/2006 5:43:01 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: sgtbono2002

"The B!7c# Set Me Up!".........


14 posted on 05/22/2006 5:44:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: OPS4

Whatever made him think no one would look there? What an amateur!


15 posted on 05/22/2006 5:46:00 AM PDT by Graymatter
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To: sgtbono2002

This kinda bursts (busts?) the bubble of their "Culture of Corruption" campaign theme for November.......


16 posted on 05/22/2006 5:46:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: OPS4
With all the evidence against him, William Jefferson, D-LA has the gall to state that he will not resign his seat. I guess resignations are only for Republicans.
17 posted on 05/22/2006 5:47:59 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland
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To: Graymatter

Yeah, everybody knows to hide cash in the lettuce drawer.......


18 posted on 05/22/2006 5:48:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Remember the Donk congress critter from Chicago that was having sex with the teenaged campaign volunteer? MEL something or other.........He had to be ejected.......


19 posted on 05/22/2006 5:49:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: Red Badger
...and diamonds go in the freezer. Precisely! ;)
20 posted on 05/22/2006 5:51:12 AM PDT by Graymatter
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