The Daily Background

The more I read about William Jefferson, the more corrupt and downright dirty he seems. Not only was he corrupt, he was also greedy. This guy is going to serve some serious time. Washington Post’s front page provides new details.

On May 12, 2005, over dinner with business partner and FBI informant Lori Mody, Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) furtively scrawled the letter “c” on a sheet of paper, and next to it wrote some numbers indicating that he was demanding a much larger personal stake in an African business deal than previously agreed to.

“The ‘c’ is like for ‘children,’ ” the congressman told Mody, as an FBI tape recorder rolled. “I make a deal for my children. It wouldn’t be for me.”

As court records, sworn affidavits, plea agreements and search warrants attest, it was quite a deal, one of several involving at least seven business entities, nearly a dozen family members and hundreds of thousands of dollars sloshing through bank accounts, all for Jefferson’s personal benefit.

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… Jefferson demanded that his stake in the Nigerian deal rise from 7 percent to as much as 20 percent, “for my children,” according to court documents. The figure eventually reached 30 percent.

He wasn’t content. He just hadddddddd to have more. He’ll get what’s coming to him though. With or without those FBI seized files, I’m almost sure. And I do think that the FBI will be allowed to keep the files, by the way. We’ll see what happens. More on this story as it happens.

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