william jefferson

Former congressman William Jefferson has been convicted of accepting over $400,000 in bribes, including $90,000 in cash that federal agents found in the freezer in his office. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_us/us_jefferson_trial Even congresscritters are innocent until proven...

The gutless Congress just got an easy out and can now officially keep this swept under the rug: Voters oust indicted U.S. Rep. Jefferson

After his congressional offices were raided and FBI investigators recovered 93,000-ish dollars in marked bills from his home freezer almost 2 years ago, indictments on a variety of charges have been handed down: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=3242622 Despite the...