NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A bankruptcy trustee has determined that former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., may be poor enough to file for bankruptcy under more restrictive new laws.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Defense attorneys for the brother of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., say the case for Mose Jefferson in a New Orleans court will be a long one.
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., June 30 (UPI) -- A firm owned by the wife of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., earned thousands of dollars but incurred no business expenses, an accountant said.
NEW ORLEANS, June 5 (UPI) -- Another relative of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, a sister, has been indicted in Louisiana on federal corruption charges.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The house ethics committee in Washington has decided to postpone an investigation into rep. William Jefferson on a request from the department of justice.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., Monday indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., on corruption charges. ABC News reports the 16-count, 94-page indictment includes racketeering, solicitation of bribes, wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., who gained notoriety after the FBI found $90,000 in his freezer, was elected Saturday to a ninth term in Congress.
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- The Louisiana congressman tangled in a bribery investigation allegedly says on a newly unsealed tape that the vice president of Nigeria wanted a payoff.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 27 (UPI) -- A former aide to Rep. William Jefferson has been sentenced in Virginia to eight years in prison for conspiring to bribe the embattled Louisiana Democrat. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Brett Pfeffer that his sentence could be significantly lowere
