Culture of Corruption Update
Friday, March 31st, 2006The Democrats’ wailing about the GOP’s “culture of corruption” suffered another blow yesterday when a U.S. district court subpoenaed six aides to Rep. Willliam Jefferson, (D-LA). Here’s the details:
A U.S. District Court has issued grand jury subpoenas to six aides to Rep. William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who has been implicated in a bribery case. In statements read on the House floor Thursday, the aides notified House Speaker Dennis Hastert that they had been served with grand jury subpoenas for testimony issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The court, located in Alexandria, VA, is set to hand down a sentence to a former aide to Jefferson, Brett Pfeffer, who last January pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting bribery of a public official and conspiracy. Pfeffer, 37, who faces up to 20 years in prison, said a congressman demanded bribes in exchange for his assistance in brokering two African telecommunications deals. Court documents make clear that Jefferson is the accused congressman without specifically naming him.
Methinks that thinking people will ignore Democratic charges of corruption the next time Ms. Pelosi trots that phrase out again.
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