Monday, May 22, 2006

Surprise, Surprise...

A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.

At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.
I have a hard time believing a Louisiana politician would ever involve himself in anything not on the up and up.

Just for yucks, whenever anything like this comes up, I like to check where these folks stand on RKBA. Here's Jefferson's GOA rating:


Nobody's surprised, I trust...

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