Topic: T.S. Ellis III

RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Lawyers for U.S. Rep. William Jefferson argued Wednesday that prosecutors used evidence protected by the Constitution to obtain a bribery indictment.

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.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- Attorneys for U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., have asked a federal judge to reconsider a ruling denying a change of venue for his corruption trial.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The corruption case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., may not start as scheduled next week, a published report said.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 8 (UPI) -- Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., pleaded innocent Friday to bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges in Virginia.

WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) --

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An Alexandria, Va., federal judge, in a ruling with potentially broad implications, has cleared the way for the trial of two pro-Israel lobbyists.

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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department asked that German citizen Khaled el-Masri's wrongful imprisonment suit against the CIA be dismissed, citing national security.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A former State Department analyst and Iran expert was sentenced to 12 years Friday for passing classified information to Israel and two pro-Israeli lobbyists.