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By Jim Lynch on Jun 4, 2007 in Congress, The Left | 4 Comments
No link yet, nor confirmation on other sites, but Drudge has this:
Sources tell CBS NEWS that Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) will be indicted this afternoon on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption. Jefferson has been the subject of an ongoing probe in which FBI agents allegedly found more than 90-thousand dollars in cash [...]
By Jim Lynch on Dec 10, 2006 in 2006, House, Humor, Politics, The Left | Comments Off
I was going to do a serious post on the re-election of William Jefferson in Louisiana until I read the closing paragraph of this AP story.
Before the bribery scandal erupted, Jefferson had climbed to the pinnacle of the Democratic Party. He was a confidant of former President Bill Clinton.
That’s the pinnacle? Man, that’s just too [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 10, 2006 in House | 2 Comments
So says Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan who issued the original warrant.
He rejected requests from lawmakers and Democratic Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) to return material seized by the FBI in a May 20-21 search of Jefferson’s office.
In a 28-page opinion, Hogan dismissed arguments that the first-ever raid on a congressman’s [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jun 7, 2006 in House, The Left | 4 Comments
That’s what William Jefferson said he delivered to Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Rep. William Jefferson called the package he allegedly delivered at midnight to the suburban Maryland home of Nigeria’s vice president “African art.” Authorities say the “art” was meant to be cash - lots of it.
Court documents filed in the bribery probe of the [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 31, 2006 in Congress, General, House, People, Politics | Comments Off
Why did the FBI and the Justice Department feel it was necessary to seize documents from William Jefferson’s Congressional office? Maybe this makes it clearer.
The Justice Department vigorously defended Tuesday the recent weekend raid of Rep. William Jefferson’s Capitol Hill office as part of a bribery investigation, asserting that the Democratic lawmaker tried to hide [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 27, 2006 in First Cup, House, Our Military, People, Politics | 1 Comment
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Happy Blogiversary to The Florida Masochist
Home of the Knucklehead of the Day
Outside The Beltway (James Joyner) AG and FBI Director Threatened Resignation — “I’m glad to see someone had some backbone [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 25, 2006 in First Cup, House, Illegal Immigration, Politics, Senate | Comments Off
The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon
Captain’s Quarter (Ed Morrissey) Post: Hastert, Boehner Have No Clue — “It increasingly appears that the only principle at stake in this debate is the silly pursuit of any and all privileges that any tradition might grant legislators. The assertions by [...]
By Jim Lynch on May 24, 2006 in House, People, Politics | 5 Comments
I am unhappy with the continual wasteful spending. The lack of progress securing our borders is a constant theme here. But the latest, the “We are above the law” attitude has my blood boiling.
The latest pronouncement from On High has me reaching for my Glenn Beck™ Duct Tape.
“The Justice Department must immediately return the papers [...]
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