ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says former Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., owes it $478,153 in restitution despite his bankruptcy filing.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Jurors in the bribery trial of Mose Jefferson may carry a bias because he is the brother of a convicted former Louisiana congressman, defense lawyers said.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson violated his oath of office by taking bribes, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in her closing argument.
NEW ORLEANS, June 21 (UPI) -- Three relatives of indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., have pleaded innocent to charges they ripped off three charities they founded.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13 (UPI) -- The federal corruption case of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., will begin Dec. 2, a judge announced Friday.
NEW ORLEANS, June 5 (UPI) -- Another relative of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, a sister, has been indicted in Louisiana on federal corruption charges.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors say Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., tried to get money from two businesses, in addition to bribes has he been charged with soliciting.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 (UPI) -- Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., pleaded innocent Friday to bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges in Virginia.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Newly unsealed court documents from the corruption investigation of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., show the FBI used phone taps and a "wired" witness.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Houses owned by Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., have been searched by federal agents carrying out warrants related to "an ongoing criminal investigation."
