Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana vindicated his extraordinary hubris in 2006 when he ran for reelection (and won) despite reports that the FBI not only caught him on videotape accepting a bribe with marked bills under the table, literally, while dining at the Ritz, but later found those bills stored amongst $90,000 stashed in the… Read more.
UPDATE: corrupt politician William Jefferson finally booted from office
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 5:36 AM