Culture of Corruption: Cold Cash edition
Former Democrat Rep. William Jefferson has been convicted on 11 counts of corruption.
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
NOLA reports:
Former Democratic Congressman William Jefferson was found guilty of 11 of 16 corruption charges today by a federal jury.
The jury of eight women and four men returned a guilty verdict following five days of deliberation.
In the 16-count indictment, Jefferson was charged with soliciting bribes and other crimes for a series of schemes in which he helped American businesses broker deals in West African in exchange for payments or financial considerations to companies controlled by members of his family, including his brother Mose, his wife, Andrea, their five daughters and a son-in-law.
Jefferson, who represented the New Orleans-based 2nd Congressional District for nine terms, will now face sentencing by Judge T.S. Ellis III, who earlier meted out stiff sentences for lesser figures in the case. According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Jefferson faced 235 years in prison if convicted on all counts, and will still face substantial prison time.
The verdict comes four years after the Aug. 3, 2005 raids of Jefferson’s homes in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., in which the FBI found $90,000 in cash hidden in the freezer of his D.C. home, money the government said Jefferson was going to deliver as a bribe to Atiku Abubakar, then vice president of Nigeria, to gain his help with a telecommunications deal in Nigeria being pursued by Lori Mody, a Northern Virginia businesswoman.
The money was the lion’s share of $100,000 in FBI cash that the congressman was videotaped receiving packed in a briefcase days earlier in a suburban Virginia parking lot from Mody, who, beginning in March of 2005, had become a cooperating witness for the FBI, secretly taping her conversations with Jefferson.
The jury did not find him guilty on the Foreign Corruptions Practices Act, which was the count linked to the money in the freezer.
Hat tip: JWF.
Let’s hope he doesn’t end up with a czar appointment…
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Energy Star Appliance Czar.
Isn’t being guilty on 11 counts simply street cred in the Obama Administration?
Ah yes . . . one of the Democrat’s finest.
Seems to meet ZEROS qualifications. Nah, overqualified.
do not put cash in your freezer,
you must know it is not a pleaser!
Given Big O’s track record old “Cold Cash” Jefferson will be appointed the appropriations czar. Most ethical congress evah! *Spits*
Well we know what won’t be a headline on the evening news. If they do mention it, I bet dollars to doughnuts they leave out his party.
Good greif, finally!
Not on FOX News… Interesting.
About freaking time!
BOOYAH!!!
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer crook. Maybe he and my crooked former governor Edwin Edwards can play cards together in federal lock-up.
Faux News! Those conservative b@stards! You know they are not telling the truth!
/sarc off
Actually it was just announced on Fox (cable news)
Bill, Bubba. Bubba, Bill.
(I love introductions) ;o)
There are a few MPs in the LA National Guard that are rolling on the floor right now!
Justice served.
Now look into Corinne Brown of Florida…any other nominees for most corrupt in Congress?
Lindsay,
Barney Frank or Christopher Dodd come to mind, but I think in the words of the President:
“We will need to take back the Senate, House and White House,” to make that happen!
A democrat gets convicted of 11 counts of corruption.Possible max sentence 254 yrs.What will be deamed an appropriate sentence?1000 hrs.of community service,probably with Acorn.
The ers of Hope and Change–don’tcha luv it?
It’s about time!
Now let’s set our clocks and see how long it takes Obama to pardon him or, at the very least, commute his sentence (once he is sentenced).
Jefferson…
frozen assets Czar
It takes for ever sometimes but every once in a while the government weeds out the criminals. If they would just do it more often we might have a representative government instead of criminals in jail having their representative government!
Never has a more appropriate title been given.
One down, five hundred thirty-four to go.
Good riddance to old “ice box” Bill . . . may he spend many long years in the cold, dark pokey.
I was thinking Foriegn Relations czar or Felon czar, Rags, but yours is better.
and it only took 4 years to accomplish this clean up under the pelosi regime, but wait there’s more, he was voted out of office in the interim and left as an upstanding congressman with a full pension. hmmmm, does he still get the pension? knowing gubmint, i’m sure he will.
Throw the book at him. I want to see video of him making sand out of boulders.
This probably seems like a silly question, but does wanting to see Jefferson rot behind bars make me a racist?
Of course it doesn’t. I’m an old white guy, therefore I am a racist by default.
a bit off topic but still in the realm of corruption…
could somebody here that is wiser than i am please look at this and explain to me WHY this hasn’t been discussed anywhere?
it seems so obvious to me, but nobody is talking about it. i have been DESPERATELY trying to “get it” regarding all of the influences on this economic disaster i’m in, and this specific point comes back to the front every time.
disclaimer: i don’t know what else this guy is all about and don’t necessarily care unless it colors the issue, but i looked and don’t see it.
let me redact that…
MM, you’ve BEEN talking about it as evidenced by the archives you have.
so let me rephrase it:
WHY aren’t these ba$tards in jail?
One way to save money and clean up Washington is to play by the military rules: Only after 20 years of HONORABLE and FAITHFUL service you earn 50% of your highest pay (bribes are not included, only honest pay). If you get convicted of a crime you get SQUAT! We have the power to make it happen. What say you (all)?
Great short punchline, Michelle.
His supporters don’t care. They still proclaim him innocent. I read where one said, “He is no worse than the others.”
That’s all you need to know.
He’s getting his pention? If his crimes was committed while in office why does he qualify for it? Along with that pention is also his ‘Cadillac Healthcare program’ provided by the U.S. taxpayer. Shaking head and going for aspirin.
So, what’s next…an obama pardon in the midst of calls of “racism”? Perhaps a slap on the wrist, with a warning not to do that again? Either one wouldn’t surprise me.
The jury did contain four blacks, I wonder how they’ll spin that one…
However I would not be surprised if some action was taken against assistant U.S. Attorney Rebeca Bellows who prosecuted the case.
He’s going to get appointed the position of free-czar.
How did we miss this?
Barakrocy! It is everywhere!
HT: Dennis Miller!
What is the difference? AG Holder will just find a way to dismiss it.
Just like those nightstick wielding Obama poll watchers…
I think some liberals were on staff at whatever studio did the lighting on Michelle’s appearance on Hannity tonight.
Doesn’t matter – she’s still beautiful. Bad lighting can’t change that.
The FreeCZAR
Five days of deliberation!? For this POS? Give me a break! What could those eight women jurors possibly talk about for five days? (looks over shoulder) “Oh! Hi Honey, I was just saying… (Slap!) (Krunch!) (Ooof!)
See ya, gotta go!”
35 years is good enough…save the other 200 yrs for multiple additional Dems.
I’m sure this will be the first thinh the MSM mentions today and tomorrow.
Obama, the FBI and Jefferson will all sit down together for a teachable moment – over an “ice-cold” one…
Congratulations on Culture of Corruption going to NUMBER ONE on the NYT Best Seller List! Yahoooo!
Well done, we are very happy for you and your family!
I just finished reading my copy and will purchase 3 more to give as gifts! Excellent book.
In prison he is going to write a book
Dreams of My Freezer
H/T one of the users on the Conservative Talk Forum
Brian Williams played guess the party, big shock.
Congrats Michelle on making #1 on the NYT bestseller list.
Wow. Just, wow.
Four years to get a conviction. Appeals on that coming up. I doubt this (now)convicted felon will serve a day in a real jail. More likely he’ll end up in one of the VIP detention centers like the on where “Your Mayor for Life” Marion Barry served out his time.
I’d like to know if the bum gets a hefty fine to take away the money he hid away prior to the sting. The judge should take his house, his cars, his pension, any bank accounts, stocks, bonds or other real estate. In other words, every single asset this bum has or will have for the next twenty years.
It’s my understanding that since this was a felony conviction, he won’t get his pension.
All this time I had thought that the money was discovered in a freezer in his New Orleans house when rescuers were helping him evacuate and he demanded they wait so he could bring along some ‘belongings’. A rescuer(s?)went inside his house, (to help him?), and saw him clearing cash out of his freezer? Or maybe my memory is really going south?
It would be nice to know that, but I bet he’ll get some greasy lawyer to hide that info when the time comes. At any rate I hope this is just the BEGINNING of the democrat convictions that start happening.
Expect a pardon from Obama in 5…4…3….
What? His DNA could not be linked to the cash? If they couldn’t get him on that, then he must really have been nasty dirty on the other counts.
Now what about Feinstein, Frank, Dodd, Reid, Pelosi and the other free-wheeling crooks in this Democrat criminal enterprise? Not hearing of ONE investigation into the obvious malfeasances. Come on 2010.
I would not bet on that.
One fewer member of COIN-gress. Good riddance.
Huh?? I thought the money was a bribe, it was marked, he had it hidden in his freezer….how can he not be guilty there? Was it because it never actually ended up in the hands of the Nigerian VP. So, even though there was a conspiracy to violate the FCP act, he was aquitted of that count because it did not actually happen?