CROOKED CONGRESSMAN! GETS 13 YEARS! IN PRISON!

// November 16th, 2009 // Hott Look@Politics

wow-sers! … guess the system works for all!

Unless his conviction is overturned on appeal, Jefferson will almost certainly face serious jail time

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Corruption serves justice!

Former US representative WILLIAM JEFFERSON (D-LA) was found gulity of 11 counts of corruption in Virginia.

Prosecutors alleged that Jefferson used his office in order to elicit a series of complex bribes and payoffs relating to business ventures in Africa, pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars. His case made national headlines after authorities found $90,000 in cash in Jefferson’s freezer, hidden in frozen pie crusts.

Unless his conviction is overturned on appeal, Jefferson will almost certainly face serious jail time, with the charges carrying up to 150 years in jail.

From an article at Reuters:

Former U.S. Representative William Jefferson, who was caught with $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was found guilty on 11 of 16 charges related to a bribery and money laundering scandal, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

The ex-Louisiana lawmaker was accused in 2007 of soliciting millions of dollars in bribes from a dozen companies while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.

In a search of his residence, FBI agents said they had found the $90,000 in a freezer.

Jefferson faces up to 150 years in prison and could face forfeiture of payments totaling $456,000, plus stock certificates, according a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Virginia, where Jefferson was tried. Jefferson can appeal his conviction.