Jefferson Trial Set for Late FebruaryFrom Roll Call (sub. req.):
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis on Friday morning delayed for six weeks the beginning of Rep. William Jefferson’s corruption trial, rejecting a request from the Louisiana Democrat’s lawyers to push the start date back four to six months.The trial is now scheduled to begin Feb. 25.
So nearly two and a half years after the feds found $90,000 in Jefferson’s freezer (he’d accepted a briefcase full of $100,000 in cash from an FBI informant in a hotel parking lot), he’ll finally get his day in court. We’re looking forward to it.