He took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. On Aug. 3, 2005, the FBI found $90,000 of those pay-offs in his freezer.
Congressman William Jefferson finally is going to prison.
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November 14, 2009
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A man who steals and abuses the responsibility of his high position in such a cavalier fashion should be sent to jail. But 13 years. Wooo. Fumo only got two and he's got some angle about being a drug addict that gets him out early. More than two, for sure, but 13 is just too much.
Posted by: jj mollo | November 14, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Nancy wouldn’t drain the swamp, so the court system started it for her.
He was found guilty on four bribery counts, three counts of money laundering, three counts of wire fraud and one count of racketeering.
Politicians who abuse their power should get stiff sentences. He could have received 20 years.
Posted by: George | November 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM
William Jefferson (D). Why'd you leave out the D? It's kind of important, since the media has been trying to paint the Republicans as the corrupt party, when all along it's mostly been the Democrats.
Posted by: Kevin | November 16, 2009 at 10:04 PM