William Jefferson (get the 2/3 joke now?), Democrat, Louisiana, is in deep doodoo. There are now videotapes with the Bayou Democrat bragging about abusing the system and talking about writing in Code to keep the Government from finding out about his fraud...
A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.
I wonder if he will use the Patrick Kennedy excuse and say he was sleep-frauding. That's the ticket. I mean, he was taking some pills, and besides, haven't you ever needed to put money in your freezer?
At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.
As Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,'" according to the affidavit.
Well, chuckles, it turns out THEY WERE watching. Moron!
Now, I wonder, will the Dems put this guy up on their Culture of Corruption page over at the DNC website? Wait, he's not a Republican. Well, the Republicans aren't the ones with the true Culture of Corruption.
It also appears that Jefferson was compromised by agents of a foreign power:
While the name of the intended recipient of the $100,000 is blacked out, other details in the affidavit indicate he is Abubakar Atiku, Nigeria's vice president. He owns a home in Potomac, Md., that authorities have searched as part of the Jefferson investigation.
Jefferson assured the FBI informant in their coded conversations that he paid the money to the Nigerian official, even though the money was still in Jefferson's possession when agents searched his home Aug. 3.
On Aug. 1, two days after Jefferson picked up the $100,000, the informant called Jefferson to ask about the status of "the package."
Jefferson responded: "I gave him the African art that you gave me and he was very pleased."
If all this holds true, not only should he resign, he should be prosecuted and looked at as a traitor to his country. He allowed a foreign power to bribe him, and sought to bribe foreign officials. The man is a disgrace, but of course it is typical of people who are named William Jefferson. Just look at Bubba.
