Friday, June 08, 2007

Rep. William Jefferson says he is innocent...

It should be a very interesting trial in which I hope it's discovered if he is innocent why he happened to keep $90,000 in his freezer. That kind of gives a whole new meaning to the word "cold cash". Just like everyone though, he is innocent until proven guilty but it does appear some of the evidence:

A 94-page indictment, handed down Monday, details 11 separate bribery schemes and 16 criminal counts, including racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice.


Is a bit suggestive that something wrong was going on that Rep. Jefferson had to be aware of...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm convinced that every politician starts out with good and noble intentions but the system corrupts them. Those who resist the corruption go insane. (i.e. James Trafficant)

Scott G said...

Jefferson had the added disadvantage of being a Louisiana politician. You have to pass a certain level of corruption to even be considered a viable candidate there