Former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson was convicted Wednesday of bribery schemes aimed at enriching him and his family in a trial that featured a freezer full of foil-wrapped cash in alleged bribe money.But at least it resulted in a conviction, which is pretty rare for Louisiana politics. Extra demerits to Jefferson for keeping the bribe money in a way that made for good metaphors.
A federal jury in Alexandria, Va., after five days of deliberation, convicted Mr. Jefferson, a Democrat whom voters ousted last year, of 11 of 16 counts. The charges included bribery, money laundering and racketeering.
By the way, for Warner Todd: The Wall Street Journal mentions that Jefferson is a Democrat, but all the way down in the second paragraph. Plus they fail to add, "just like all those thievin' Democrat party folk."
LOL, of COURSE the WSJ mentions he's a Demo. But I saw several AP reports and others that did NOT.
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