Posted on 10/17/2009 5:42:57 PM PDT by Libloather
Jefferson's law license suspended
Updated: Oct 17, 2009 10:19 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former Louisiana congressman convicted of taking bribes and racketeering has had his law license suspended. An order issued Wednesday by the Louisiana Supreme Court says William Jefferson is suspended from practicing law pending another order by the court.
In August, a federal jury in Virginia convicted the New Orleans Democrat on 11 of 16 counts. Prosecutors said Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and solicited millions more in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
His sentencing is set for Nov. 13.
(Excerpt) Read more at wafb.com ...
Jefferson promises he has 'an honorable explanation'
He says he'll seek re-election this year
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
By Bill Walshand Bruce Alpert
WASHINGTON -- Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, said Tuesday that there is "an honorable explanation" for the damaging scenario being painted by the federal government in the federal bribery probe targeting him, and he again denied breaking any laws.
Jefferson declined to discuss specifics of the 15-month investigation that has yielded two guilty pleas amid allegations that the congressman accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. Jefferson has not been charged and would not speculate on whether he thought an indictment was coming from the northern Virginia grand jury investigating him.
In a wide-ranging interview late Tuesday in his congressional office, the site last month of an unprecedented FBI search, Jefferson said he has no intention of stepping down and reiterated his plan to seek a ninth term in November.
"When all is said and done, you will see that there is an honorable explanation for everything you are reading about," Jefferson said, remaining relaxed throughout the interview, his feet slung up on a coffee table. "I believe an impartial forum can reach and will reach that same conclusion."
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/base/news-1/114966136294780.xml&coll=1
Why is this maggot out of jail? If he was a republican he would already be locked away!!
NOV 13...I’ll be waiting.
He’s a dimocRAT for one reason he’s not behind bars.
Clinton had his law license pulled for a while.
I wonder if this scum’s license is for a while or forever.
Law license???? How did this scumbag pass a bar exam? Out of a Cracker Jax box?
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