Posted on 04/22/2012 5:25:32 PM PDT by Hojczyk
I’d honestly forgotten that William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana, wasn’t already in jail. It’s been about two and a half years since former Louisiana Rep. was sentenced to 13 years in prison for soliciting bribes, money laundering and other assorted crimes, which culminated in the authorities discovering $90,000 in cash in Jefferson’s freezer hidden in boxes of pie crusts and Boca burgers. Jefferson is just now about to begin serving the time:
A former Louisiana congressman who infamously was caught with $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer will have to begin serving a 13-year bribery sentence within the next two weeks, a judge ruled Friday. Democrat William Jefferson, who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly 20 years, was convicted and sentenced back in 2009 for taking roughly $500,000 in bribes and seeking millions more in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa. But he has been free on bond, living in New Orleans while appealing his conviction.
He'll be out by the end of January if we're lucky. An ironic twist to the story.
When will his pal on the other side of the aisle, Dennis Hastert join him?
I'd honestly forgotten that William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana, wasn't already in jail. It's been about two and a half years since former Louisiana Rep. was sentenced to 13 years in prison...
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