Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case

By MATTHEW BARAKAT (AP) – 15 hours ago

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.

The sentence handed down Friday in suburban Washington was far less than the nearly 30 years prosecutors had sought for William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans.

Agents investigating the case found $90,000 wrapped in foil and hidden in boxes of pie crusts in Jefferson’s freezer.

Prosecutors had asked a judge to sentence him to at least 27 years.

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Well let’s see, your a representative for your district, an honorable position, a position of influence and power and you decide that it’s OK to take bribes and for some strange reason you decide the safest place for all those bribes is in your freezer? Really?

I am quickly coming of the opinion that Democrat or Republican both parties need to be kicked out of office and real people need to be elected. People with integrity and honor, who will use their position to better the republic instead of bringing it to ruin.

The current madness in politics is a bad sign for America and people need to reject these parties in favor of real people who genuinely feel that they can bring to the political table honesty and integrity.