Sunday, May 21, 2006

Crooked Democrat

Lawmaker Accused of Hiding $90G in Freezer - Yahoo! News: "By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.

At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa. . ."

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