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  • Freezer cash ex-congressman sentenced in US to 13 years (10 Mar 2010 07:35)

    ... levied a 13-year jail sentence on former congressman William Jefferson Friday for corruption that involved US companies ... the November 2008 elections, turned out by Louisiana voters turned off by his indictment on ...

  • Former Orleans Parish School Board member Ellenese Brooks-Simms sentenced to 18 months in prison (11 Mar 2010 17:35)

    ... Jefferson, at a time when his brother, William Jefferson, was under federal investigation but still a U.S. Representative. "The Jefferson family was the organized crime ... a racketeering case along with former state Rep. and City Councilwoman Renee Gill Pratt. Jefferson's ...

  • Ellenese Brooks-Simms gets sentence reduced as reward for helping prosecutors (12 Mar 2010 02:51)

    ... in connection with the scheme. Former state Rep. and City Councilwoman , the only other ... Jefferson, at a time when his brother, William Jefferson, was under federal investigation but still a powerful congressman. "The Jefferson family was the organized crime ...

  • Sensenbrenner to Serve as House Manager for Porteous Impeachment (12 Mar 2010 04:35)

    ... Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) joined the House in ... Sensenbrenner shared this distinction with former Texas Representative Hatton W. Sumners, who served as a ... Walter Nixon and the impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton. He previously filed impeachment resolutions against ...

  • Cao drops fundraising company (9 Mar 2010 08:20)

    ... WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao's re-election campaign on Monday ... Bryan Wagner, a top adviser to the New Orleans Republican, said Monday. The decision, he said, ... was taking on a weakened incumbent, Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, then awaiting trial on corruption ...

  • New Orleans Police Shot 6 Unarmed Katrina People, FBI-DOJ Probe, Corruption (7 Mar 2010 03:44)

    ... various indicted people (like former U. S. Congressman, Bill Jefferson and his incredibly greedy New Orleans clan) ... deflecting from DECADES of White Collar, maffia-type Louisiana activities. Also, although lawbreakers deserve consequences, it ...

  • Mose Jefferson and Renee Gill Pratt face new indictment (6 Mar 2010 03:37)

    ... the lucrative grants. Her brother, former U.S. Rep. , and her niece, former state Rep. ... a New Orleans city councilwoman and state representative to funnel government funds to her co-conspirators. ... convicted in three separate federal corruption cases. William Jefferson, who will forever be associated with the ...

  • Editorial: Rangel-ing with corruption (8 Mar 2010 01:13)

    ... absent from news reports. When former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was convicted of bribery, three "mainstream" morning ... Democratic Party. Come again? He's a 20-term congressman, in the House since 1971, and on ...

  • Analysis: Democrats find themselves mired in swamp they vowed to drain (6 Mar 2010 11:40)

    ... the weeks before the 2006 elections, as then-Rep. Nancy Pelosi led the campaign cry to ... priority. Dubbed the "Cornhusker kickback" and the "Louisiana purchase," the deals with Democratic Sens. Ben ... in November when sentencing former Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana to 13 years in prison ...

  • D.C. Council hires lawyer Robert P. Trout to probe recreation contracts: Council expands inquiry into awards made by Fenty (6 Mar 2010 05:24)

    ... Trout's most recent clients was former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson, who was convicted of corruption after $90,000 ... or Trout report will bring. Not one scintilla of evidence has been uncovered that someone ...

  • Good News Is Hard to Find for Democrats as Spring Begins (6 Mar 2010 04:30)

    ... Edwards (D-N.C.), there is a South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R). For every former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), there is a former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.). The problem for Democrats, of course, ...

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