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Jefferson reports $7 million in debts$5.7 million is legal debt from case By Michelle Krupa Saturday, September 12, 2009 Convicted former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson reported in a bankruptcy court filing Friday that he and his wife have more than $7.1 million in debt, including $5.7 million owed to the law firm that represented him against federal corruption charges. The Jeffersons reported about $2 million in assets, most of it comprised of family homes in New Orleans and Washington, and a parcel of farmland in East Carroll Parish. Still, the couple reported that their monthly household income continues to outpace...

Ex-congressman's brother tasted political victory behind the scenesby Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune Saturday May 30, 2009, 10:56 PM At first glance, Mose Jefferson embodies an archetype of American politics: the man who makes a living, and a life, by attaching himself like a parasite to a famous and powerful relative fortunate enough to win office. The truth is more complicated. While his once-formidable stroke was derived from the political success of his younger brother, former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the reverse was true as well. For it was Mose Jefferson, 66, who cut his teeth on politics first, learning the...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — In his seventh of month of U.S. captivity, Osama bin Laden's driver told a pair of FBI agents that it was America's fault that the al Qaida leader was alive. The message was, ''You had these opportunities, America. You didn't do anything,'' FBI agent George Crouch Jr. testified Friday at Salim Hamdan's war crimes trial. The United States could have killed bin Laden in Khartoum, Sudan, before he moved to Afghanistan in 1996, Hamdan told his interrogators. They could have killed him after al Qaida's 1998 twin bombings at the U.S. Embassy bombings in...

Former President Bill Clinton invited Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining executive, to travel with him to Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan in September 2005. Apparently, they were not simply sight-seeing. Every Quid was finding its Pro. Hours after his arrival in that mountainous dictatorship, Clinton endorsed Kazakhstan’s bid to join an international pro-democracy organization. Human-rights activists have long blocked Kazakhstan’s admission to the group because, ahem, its one-party rule has filled a lot of body bags. Clinton’s companion got what he wanted, too. Guistra who runs UrAsia, a relatively small Uranium mining concern with no reputation in the region, suddenly...

"Clinton Fights to Keep Impeachment Taboo" headlined the Washington Post, with the following subheadline: "After Spat, Campaigns Know to Expect Swift Reprisal for any Hint of the Scandal." And the Post reported: "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has a new commandment for the 2008 presidential field: Thou shalt not mention anything related to the impeachment of her husband." Can you believe this? The American people are now expected through all members of the media – and all election crowd questioners – to observe censorship. There are to be no questions regarding impeachment, trial and conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice...

Excerpts of former President Bill Clinton's remarks earlier this month at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo. I don't know how long they can make this old dog hunt. Ever since 2000, the 2002 and 2004 elections were about, "No matter how bad you think we are, you can't vote for them, because you can't trust them to defend the country. And oh, by the way, forget about global warming; let's talk about flag burning and gay marriage." I mean, I just don't know how long you can milk that old cow without its milk running dry. ... My...

Mudslinging by leading Democrats, usually taking form these days as trying to brand Republicans as racists, confirms what I have been writing about for a number of years: the Democratic Party is running on an empty tank. Bankrupt of ideas, the only thing they have to offer is slamming the opposition and playing the race card. The latest case in point is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Martin Luther King Day pandering to a black audience in Harlem, telling them that Republicans run the House of Representatives "like a plantation and you know what I am talking about." According to Mrs....

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton on Monday said the government "failed" the thousands of people who lived in coastal communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and said a federal investigation was warranted in due time.

Kosovo Human Rights Still at Risk, Helsinki Commission Members Find Thu May 26, 2:43 PM ET To: National and International desks Contact: James E. Geoffrey, II of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, 202-225-1901; Web: http://www.csce.gov WASHINGTON, May 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The state of human rights in Kosovo remains precarious and the international community must work to stabilize the situation. That was among the points that were made in a hearing held by the U.S. Helsinki Commission. "We are not out of the woods on human rights in Kosovo," said Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. "Kosovo...

BOOK EXCERPT The rape of Juanita BroaddrickChapter from 'Their Lives' tells of woman's horrifying encounter with Clinton Posted: May 26, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: Candice Jackson's explosive new book, "Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine," tells, like never before, the stories of Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick and others who have suffered from the actions of William Jefferson Clinton. In this excerpt from the book, Jackson comprehensively covers Broaddrick's story of being raped by Clinton, tells of her own experience being sexually assaulted and explains how she believes American liberalism encourages the forcing of the will...

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Kathleen Willey: Predator Clinton Will Strike Again Sexgate accuser Kathleen Willey warned Saturday that ex-President Bill Clinton is a serial sexual abuser who will likely assault other unsuspecting women even in his new role advising world leaders on how best to undermine the Bush administration. Asked if she regarded Clinton as a sexual predator, Willey told WABC Radio's Monica Crowley, "Absolutely, without a doubt." "And you know what? It's going to happen again," insisted the key impeachment witness. "As sure as I'm sitting here, it's going to happen again, you'll see." Willey warned women who come into contact with the...

Reacting to Monica Lewinsky's newly harsh criticism of ex-President Bill Clinton, Kathleen Willey expressed her sympathy on Saturday, saying that Lewinsky's recent comments to British interviewers show she finally understands the truth about the 42nd president. "I feel so sorry for her. I really do," Willey told WABC Radio's Monica Crowley. "She was so young. She just got taken in. She was in over her head and she just got absolutely bamboozled by this guy." But now Lewinsky is acknowledging that she's one of several former Clinton allies who paid dearly for the association, said Willey, who was victimized by...

Sometimes I think the American nightmare that goes by the name "Clinton" is never going to end. I knew when he left office, it was only a minor break. I knew they were just getting warmed up. And, boy, was I right. Hillary soon became senator in New York. She's in the news all the time. And now the book. We're in the middle of a war and suddenly we're talking about Monica again. It turns out that his original lie about Monica was also a lie. He lied under oath, apparently, which we now know because he contradicted the...

If you must read Bill Clinton's book, skip pages 1 through 869. Is there anything interesting in "My Life" by Bill Clinton? Oh, yes. Page 870. The Clintons are in New Zealand and finally get to meet "Sir Edmund Hillary, who had explored the South Pole in the 1950s, was the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest and, most important, was the man Chelsea's mother had been named for." Hmm. Edmund Hillary reached the top of Everest in 1953. Hillary Rodham was born in 1947, when Sir Edmund was an obscure New Zealand beekeeper and an unlikely...

THE ISSUE: Former President Bill Clinton steals back the stage with his new book. Bill Clinton still doesn't get it ("Clinton Comes Clean," Editorial, June 18). His hubris and arrogance were what led him into the trap that others set for him. All he had to say when asked about his extramarital dalliances was, "I do not answer questions about my personal life." That would have been the end of the story. Rudy Giuliani did that with his affair. President Bush did that regarding his wild college days. Now, Clinton writes another 1,000 pages of nonsense? He still doesn't get...

CLINTON'S PRESIDENCY: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Sat Jun 26, 8:00 PM ET By Cynthia Tucker Bill Clinton hopes to be acquitted by history. Fortunately for him, though, no subject of history is ever around to hear its verdict. Scholars will probably wonder what drove legions of conservatives to hate Clinton with such fury that they wasted years and spent a king's ransom trying to drive him from office. They will no doubt note that Clinton accomplished much despite the "vast right-wing conspiracy": He righted the nation's finances after decades of dangerous deficits. He drove the initiative that stopped a pogrom...

Chinese spying and the White House Peter Zhang BrookesNews.Com Saturday 14 June 2003 I was going to write on the Korean situation but the attempt by the Democrats and their media allies to smear President Bush and belittle his Iraqi success persuaded me that I should turn my attention to Chinese spying and former President Clinton's intelligence scandal. I know that telling people I told you so is not always the tactful thing to do, but considering the current situation and Clinton's betrayal it has become a political imperative. What still needs to be investigated is the bribes that the...

Let's take a page from the Democrats' playbook: We won't censure Lott, and we'll move on. Just as the Democrats did with Raping Billy Jeff Clinton, serial abuser of women and his position. Maybe Trent can get a book deal, and a few hundred large per speech.