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Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« on: August 05, 2009, 06:07:02 PM »


Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was convicted Wednesday on 11 of the 16 corruption charges against him.


Former Rep. William Jefferson arrives at U.S. District Court with his wife, Andrea, on June 9.

Jefferson, a 62-year-old Democrat, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 4, 2007, on corruption charges, about two years after federal agents said they found $90,000 in his freezer. Authorities said the cash was part of a payment in marked bills from an FBI informant in a transaction captured on video.

Jefferson had pleaded not guilty. ...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/05/us.rep.trial/
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 06:09:29 PM »
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Jefferson had faced a maximum sentence of 235 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 06:10:59 PM »
Presidential Pardon?
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2009, 06:12:20 PM »
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Jefferson had faced a maximum sentence of 235 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2009, 06:13:04 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on August 05, 2009, 06:10:59 PM
Presidential Pardon?

And probably a Cabinet/Czar appointment...
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2009, 06:13:25 PM »
Good.

I hope he spends the rest of his life at hard labor.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 06:16:56 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on August 05, 2009, 06:13:25 PM
Good.

I hope he spends the rest of his life at hard labor.

He's a typical Congress-shit.  Meaning the guards would have to work his ass over with batons and fire hoses just to get it through his head that "work" no longer means, "attending a luncheon where lobbyists slip envelopes of money into his suit pockets".
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 06:18:04 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on August 05, 2009, 06:16:56 PM
He's a typical Congress-shit.  Meaning the guards would have to work his ass over with batons and fire hoses just to get it through his head that "work" no longer means, "attending a luncheon where lobbyists slip envelopes of money into his suit pockets".

I'll take the 1st guard shift, free of charge.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2009, 06:34:22 PM »
He won't do any hard time, he is an ex-congress critter and he is old.He will do his time in one of the governments luxury hotels they call a jail. A big day room, cable TV, 3 squares a day, visitors...hell you might as well be at home.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2009, 06:43:38 PM »
Waiting for Obama to say, "The jury acted stupidly."
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2009, 06:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on August 05, 2009, 06:43:38 PM
Waiting for Obama to say, "The jury acted stupidly."

And then invite 'em all up to the White House for beers.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2009, 11:53:52 PM »
Awww you took the beer line right out of my mouth. But what if the Zero gave him a medal like his giving old Teddy Kennedy then invite him for that beer?
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Re: Ex-Rep. Jefferson convicted of corruption
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2009, 10:27:38 AM »
They need to investigate all the Reps that suddenly become Millionaires after taking office.
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