Democrat Jefferson Convicted
My (news)paper buried this story from the Washington Post on page A15:
"WASHINGTON - Former US representative William Jefferson was convicted of corruption charges yesterday in a case that featured $90,000 stuffed into his freezer and a legal battle over the raid of his Washington, D.C., office that reached the highest levels of the US government.
Federal jurors in Alexandria, Va., found the Louisiana Democrat guilty of using his congressional office and staff to enrich himself and his family, offering and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to support business ventures in seven African nations. Jefferson was convicted on 11 of 16 counts, including bribery, racketeering, and money laundering."
My (news)paper buried this story from the Washington Post on page A15:
"WASHINGTON - Former US representative William Jefferson was convicted of corruption charges yesterday in a case that featured $90,000 stuffed into his freezer and a legal battle over the raid of his Washington, D.C., office that reached the highest levels of the US government.
Federal jurors in Alexandria, Va., found the Louisiana Democrat guilty of using his congressional office and staff to enrich himself and his family, offering and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to support business ventures in seven African nations. Jefferson was convicted on 11 of 16 counts, including bribery, racketeering, and money laundering."
posted by Zack at 9:29 AM
2 Comments:
front page, above the fold when a (R) Senator from Alaska was convicted, then buried when the conviction collapsed on appeal.
I'm surprised the paper acknowledged his party affiiliation. Usually, when it's a Democrat who's in trouble, they conveniently leave that bit of information out of the story.
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