A grand jury in Alexandria indicted Mr. Jefferson on Monday on 16 counts connected to a bribery investigation that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. The charges include racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 235 years.
The indictment said Mr. Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more in separate schemes to enrich himself by using his office to broker business deals in Africa. The charges came almost two years after investigators raided Mr. Jefferson's home in Washington and found $90,000 in cash stuffed in his freezer.
4 comments:
Lock his ass up!
If he's found guilty of course. This is still a nation of law and order isn't it? He should step down immediately.
Yes, lock him up if he is guilty but until he proves his innocence to those who elected him and the rest of the nation he represent, he should step down. In fact the Democratic party should be asking him to step down...
On this we agree.
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