Jury Indicts Representative Jefferson in Bribery Probe
Representative William J. Jefferson was indicted today in a long-standing FBI corruption probe centering on allegations that he took bribes to promote high-tech business ventures in Africa.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060507N.shtml
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House approves speedy Jefferson probe
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
06/06/07
The House ordered a speedy internal investigation that could oust indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson from Congress before his bribery trial. Mindful of anti-corruption sentiment among voters last November, the House passed two resolutions Tuesday that require the ethics committee to investigate charges more quickly than in the past...
http://tinyurl.com/2ex2dj
Following William Jefferson to the bank
National Review
by Stephen Spruiell
06/07/07
At least one former official at the U.S. Export-Import Bank took money from a Nigerian businessman involved in the bribery schemes of Rep. William Jefferson (D, La.), who was indicted on Monday. The indictment reveals that the Ex-Im Bank played an important role in Jefferson’s plan to perform a number of official acts in exchange for cash and shares of stock from a U.S. company seeking to do business in Nigeria. The U.S. Department of Justice maintains that the investigation into Jefferson’s activities is ‘continuing;’ presumably that includes a closer look at the Bank’s role (a DOJ spokesman will not confirm or deny this). But what we already know about the way the Bank operates should be enough to prompt congressional hearings into whether we need an institution like the Ex-Im Bank at all...
http://tinyurl.com/2yczqn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+J.+Jefferson
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060507N.shtml
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House approves speedy Jefferson probe
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
06/06/07
The House ordered a speedy internal investigation that could oust indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson from Congress before his bribery trial. Mindful of anti-corruption sentiment among voters last November, the House passed two resolutions Tuesday that require the ethics committee to investigate charges more quickly than in the past...
http://tinyurl.com/2ex2dj
Following William Jefferson to the bank
National Review
by Stephen Spruiell
06/07/07
At least one former official at the U.S. Export-Import Bank took money from a Nigerian businessman involved in the bribery schemes of Rep. William Jefferson (D, La.), who was indicted on Monday. The indictment reveals that the Ex-Im Bank played an important role in Jefferson’s plan to perform a number of official acts in exchange for cash and shares of stock from a U.S. company seeking to do business in Nigeria. The U.S. Department of Justice maintains that the investigation into Jefferson’s activities is ‘continuing;’ presumably that includes a closer look at the Bank’s role (a DOJ spokesman will not confirm or deny this). But what we already know about the way the Bank operates should be enough to prompt congressional hearings into whether we need an institution like the Ex-Im Bank at all...
http://tinyurl.com/2yczqn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+J.+Jefferson
rudkla - 5. Jun, 18:34
