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- Nigerian Entangled In Jefferson Investigation
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  The corruption investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) has uncovered ties to Atiku Abubakar, the vice president of Nigeria. Jefferson, who was a member of a House Ways and Means trade subcommittee, got to know Abubakar after the Nigerian was elected vice president in 1999. Later, Jefferson turned to Abubakar for help in winning a lucrative Nigerian telecommunications contract for a high-tech firm in Kentucky that was paying Jefferson bribes, according to an FBI affidavit. Jefferson told a business associate in a secretly taped conversation that Abubakar was "corrupt" and needed a hefty bribe and a cut of the profits in return for his help -- allegations Abubakar has strongly denied.
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- Setting up an argument on Rove, the Democrats vote to toss Jefferson
  Posted by Billbar from Salon
  Democrats in the House of Representatives finally voted to remove William Jefferson from his seat on the Ways and Means Committee, but it had a cover-your-ass feel to it. The White House won't ever do anything about Rove, but the Democrats made their point by voting Jefferson out of his committee seat Thursday night.
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- Party Urges Jefferson To Leave Committee
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  Democrats voted 99 to 58 last night to strip Rep. William J. Jefferson (La.) of a plum committee assignment while he is embroiled in a federal bribery investigation.
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- Frist Breaks With Others in G.O.P. Over Raid
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  The House speaker, Dennis J. Hastert, Republican of Illinois, criticized the raid last week and demanded that the F.B.I. immediately return the materials from Mr. Jefferson's office. Mr. Frist disagreed, shifting his position from last week when he had expressed concern about the search.
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- Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, and senior officials and career prosecutors at the Justice Department told associates this week that they were prepared to quit if the White House directed them to relinquish evidence seized in a bitterly disputed search of a House member's office.
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- Former aide to Rep. Jefferson gets prison
  Posted by Billbar from MSNBC
  A former aide to Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison for his role in a bribery scandal. Brett Pfeffer, 37, is cooperating in an ongoing probe and may be eligible for a sentence reduction afterward, a prosecutor said.
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- Why All the Fuss?
  Posted by Billbar from firedoglake
  Whether it is fear of their own offices being searched next — or this was a wake-up call as to the repurcussions of allowing the boy king to always get his way on our constitutional system of government, I have no idea. But in standing up to the President and the Executive Branch on this, they are correct.
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Jefferson

Nigerian Entangled In Jefferson Investigation

Setting up an argument on Rove, the Democrats vote to toss Jefferson

Party Urges Jefferson To Leave Committee

Frist Breaks With Others in G.O.P. Over Raid

Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute

Former aide to Rep. Jefferson gets prison

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