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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (647)	9/10/2005 10:04:28 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 1118

Louisiana money laundering machine ? Newhouse News Service - Aug 22 2005 newhousenews.com WASHINGTON -- ... the government is seeking information about possible African business dealings, a company that lists [Rep. William Jefferson, D-La] Jefferson's wife as a director and connections between Jefferson and a small technology company, iGate Inc., in Louisville, Ky. The Washington Post has quoted sources saying a sting had been in the works for a year and that the FBI raid found a large amount of cash in Jefferson's freezer. ...public corruption investigations rarely begin with a sting. Generally, they said, the tactic is employed only after a probe into far more mundane activity shows greater promise. And when the target of the sting is an elected official, they said, approval must come from the highest levels of the Justice Department. Cole prosecuted U.S. District Court Judge Robert Collins of New Orleans for bribery in 1991, a sting that required the OK of then-Attorney General Dick Thornburgh. The case started off as an investigation of a drug deal. Along the way, the suspect told investigators he had heard that Collins was willing to reduce sentences for money. Collins was convicted when he was caught accepting $100,000 in marked bills from a marijuana smuggler. It was Jefferson who in 1993 delivered Collins' letter of resignation to President Clinton to avoid Collins' judicial impeachment... (more)