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Old 08-06-2009, 02:05 AM
 
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Guess it was hard to convince a jury he just "found" the 90,000 clams stashed in his freezer.

Ex-Congressman William Jefferson Convicted of Soliciting Bribes - Bloomberg.com
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:12 AM
 
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I still laugh at the episode of MASH when Frank Burns said he hid his real financial papers in the freezer in a chuck roast. Jefferson may be a crook and a crooked politician but he must be a fun kind of paranoid kook.
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:15 AM
 
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The sad thing is, this is very, very unlikely to be the first time he has taken bribes. Louisiana politics has been a sewer for decades.
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:32 AM
 
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Democrat Representative William Jefferson wasn't just convicted of bribery. He was also convicted of racketeering and money laundering - 11 of 16 counts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/06jefferson.html
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:41 AM
 
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He is just anothyer example of politicans that are crooks in a long of histoical ones of this type. Politcs draws as many as anyhting else ;its just easier for them to do.Its a;lways best to remmeber that individuals do this and its not the political party they belong to.
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