Americans Convicted of Bribery - William J. Jefferson, Bob Ney, Richard M. Scrushy, Tony Rezko, Ed Jew, Mose Jefferson, James Traficant (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 264. Not illustrated. Chapters: William J. Jefferson, Bob Ney, Richard M. Scrushy, Tony Rezko, Ed Jew, Mose Jefferson, James Traficant, R. Budd Dwyer, Jimmy Hoffa, Larry Langford, Jerry Fowler, Richard Scruggs, Monica Conyers, Mario Biaggi, Michael Scanlon, John Ford, Harrison A. Williams, Oliver Thomas, Bob Asher, Otto Kerner, Jr., Buz Lukens, Wayne R. Bryant, Raymond F. Lederer, Ronald Bodenheimer, Erin Kenny, James B. Black, Joseph R. Burton, Angelo Errichetti, Carmine Desapio, Bill Allen, Pete Kott, Fred Richmond, Eugene Hanley, Frank Thompson, William Wallace Barron, John Jenrette, Peter Mcgowan, Kathryn I. Bowers, Pat Marcy, Richard Kelly, Michael P. Decker, Anthony Russo, Michael Myers, William B. Blount, Ward Crutchfield, Anthony Mannarino, Edward D. Diprete, Bertram L. Podell, Vic Kohring, John Cowdery, Diane Gordon. Excerpt: William Jennings "Bill" Jefferson (born March 14, 1947) is a former American politician, and a published author from the U.S. state of Louisiana. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, which includes much of the greater New Orleans area. He was Louisiana's first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction. Suspecting him of bribery, the FBI raided his Congressional offices in May 2006, but he was re-elected later that year. On June 4, 2007, a federal grand jury indicted Jefferson on sixteen charges related to corruption. Jefferson was defeated by Republican Joseph Cao on December 6, 2008, being the most senior Democrat to lose re-election that year. In 2009 he was tried in Virginia on corruption charges. On August 5, 2009, he was found guilty of 11 of the 16 corruption counts. Jefferson's lawyers have promised to appeal, a gesture which New Orleans fo...