Comments (14)

Karen Johnson wrote on June 4, 2007 3:57 PM:

Interesting first statement at the press conference...that this case is evidence that the DOJ can still do it's job. (sounds like S.L.A.P.P to me-though the guy may be guilty as sin.)

This seems to have the potential to backfire. As I listen to the indictment counts I realize that most of the sitting admin could be accused of the same counts.

Mike Conwell wrote on June 4, 2007 4:16 PM:

They must have gotten the message when Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) encouraged AGAG (in front of God and CSPAN) to "...tell your prosecutors to wrap this thing up,"

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003190.php

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some dude named steevo wrote on June 4, 2007 4:45 PM:

Only in Lousiana could a corrupt congressman win re-election while being investigated. Sounds like they have him pegged, and they have plea-bargains form some of his associates. Plus the 10K in the freezer doesn't help either...

Now when will they indict Delay and Lewis?

Jim wrote on June 4, 2007 5:11 PM:

I think it was actually $90K...

Node of Evil wrote on June 4, 2007 5:40 PM:

200 years? Isn't that a bit excessive? I remember just last week there was some discussion about relative sentence lengths in comparison to the weight of the crimes committed. For instance, is Jefferson worse than Cunningham? I don't doubt his guilt, but 200 sounds a bit too politically motivated to me.

Anonymous wrote on June 4, 2007 5:41 PM:

Why is Chuck Rosenberg, of E. Virginia USA office, giving the news conference.????

Are the State AG folks able to prosecute crimes in other states?

Darn..Jefferson is a Demo...

Rdupont wrote on June 4, 2007 5:46 PM:

"Only in Lousiana could a corrupt congressman win re-election while being investigated. Sounds like they have him pegged, and they have plea-bargains form some of his associates. Plus the 10K in the freezer doesn't help either... "

As a resident of New Orleans, I resent the cheap shot. It's not like other jurisdictions haven't elected/re-elected crooks. But . . . this is a particularly obvious case. Just for the record, though, you should be aware that Jefferson's re-election was due to suburban WHITE, GOP voters. They blindly followed the lead of the suburban sheriff who opposed Jefferson's opponent because she had criticized suburban law enforcement for preventing evacuations in the aftermath of Katrina. Seems that our suburban neighbors blockaded a bridge rather than risk Black evacuees in their neighborhoods.

don de drain wrote on June 4, 2007 6:22 PM:

Jefferson is likely headed for a (probably well-deserved) stay in pokey, but I wonder whether the timing of the indictment is at all related to the hearings on the Hill. Isn't the appeal re the search of his Congressional offices still pending? I suspect that, under normal circumstances, DOJ would wait to indict until after the appeal is resolved. Or was it resolved and I missed it?

chimpo3000 wrote on June 4, 2007 9:45 PM:

I wonder how Jefferson's potential sentence will compare to Libby's?

what?! wrote on June 4, 2007 10:19 PM:

Rdupont,

Again, its the "WHITE MANS FAULT"! The white man re-elected this alleged crook to office. Thank the mud-flats it wasn't the BLACKS who picked him and in fact voted OVEWRWHelmingly for his opponent! Horses$%&!

idiot wrote on June 4, 2007 10:26 PM:

"Whites, who overwhelmingly voted for Carter in the primary and have been her most enthusiastic financial backers, believed a Jefferson win would confirm this city's image as corrupt and untrustworthy as it asks the nation to fund its recovery from Katrina.

Jefferson picked up the backing of Mayor Ray Nagin and other prominent black politicians."

fox news;dec102006

henry lindsay wrote on June 4, 2007 10:40 PM:

Mr jefferson didn't do anything many of the others aren't doing,but....
In a country that was established by the rich and well connected for the rich and well connected,who does this guy think he is?
'In premodern times,the maldistribution of wealth was accomplished by simple force.In modern times,expliotation is disguised-it is accomplihed by law,which has the look of fairness and neutrality'
Zinn
Sorry ol'boy you're not in the club

ROTTEN wrote on June 6, 2007 8:30 AM:

He may be guilty BUT Innocent until proven guilty. Either way it is probably fixed, the same way the did Former Mayor of Atlanta Bill Campbell.

They were out to get this guy for years even Republicans living in other counties like Cobb were trying to get him removed but their cases were eventually thrown out because they did not live in Atlanta.

The Republicans have been using the courts not only against the Clintons, but promising black politicians like Campbell. When all else failed, they got him for tax evasion.

Hopefully a Dem President will pardon Campbell. But alas they try and sensationalize the indictment; while arguing the system is too hard on Scooter.

Give me a break. This country is broken!

Photobones wrote on July 11, 2007 9:53 PM:

re: Campbell and Tax Evasion...

Give us the FAIR Tax and no one will ever (OK, exceedingly rarely) be convicted of tax evasion again.