Corrupt Democrats Keep Indicted Democrat in Congress
Democrats loudly claimed they would run the most "ethical" Congress in
history. Yet, still in Congress is Louisiana Democrat Rep. William
"Cold Cash" Jefferson., despite the 16-count federal indictment by a
grand jury on charges of bribery, money laundering, obstruction of
justice, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, racketeering and
conspiracy over a five-year period involving two continents. During
his arraignment in court, Jefferson claimed that he is "not guilty"
even though, according to the indictment, FBI agents found $90,000
from his freezer "as part of the front-end bribe payment" to pay the
vice president of Nigeria. The indictment further states that the
cash "was separated into $10,000 increments wrapped in aluminum foil
and concealed in various frozen food containers." If convicted on all
charges, he could be sentenced to up to 235 years in prison.
Where's the non-stop press coverage about the Democrats' "culture of
corruption"? Why is there little media attention given to other
corrupt Democrats who were indicted and convicted? For instance, in
May 2004, Democrat Rep. James Traficant of Ohio was indicted by a
federal grand jury on charges of tax evasion, bribery, racketeering,
conspiracy and obstruction of justice. After being convicted of
racketeering and accepting bribes, Traficant was sentenced to eight
years in prison. Also, in 1994, Democrat Rep. Dan Rostenkowski of
Illinois was accused in a 17-count indictment of using taxpayer money
exchanging taxpayer-provided stamps for cash at the House Post Office
and paying congressional salaries to employees who did personal chores
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