NEW ORLEANS MAYOR RAY NAGIN SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM
Mayor Ray Nagin (R) is greeted by U.S. Representative William Jefferson after his inauguration ceremony in New Orleans June 1, 2006. The ceremony took place at the Morial Convention Center where thousands of New Orleans residents were stranded for days after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city last year. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The judge who presided over the federal bribery trial of former Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., says he can stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The lone Republican U.S. House member who voted in favor of a healthcare reform measure says it was the best decision for his New Orleans district.
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.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson's request for a new trial on bribery and racketeering charges was denied by a New Orleans judge, court records said.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The older brother of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., appeared in a federal court in New Orleans on bribery charges, authorities say.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The jury that convicted former Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., of bribery ruled Thursday he must forfeit $450,000 in assets.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Virginia Wednesday found former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., guilty of corruption charges.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Virginia failed to reach a verdict Tuesday in the corruption trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A third day of jury deliberations in the public corruption case against former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., began Monday in Alexandria, Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 (UPI) -- Jurors weighing the fate of former Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., began deliberations Thursday in his corruption trial.
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