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August 7, 2009

Jefferson Convicted in Corruption Case
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Federal jurors have convicted former Democratic Congressman William
Jefferson on eleven of sixteen counts in a corruption case. In 2005, the
FBI raided Jefferson’s Capitol Hill home and found $90,000 wrapped in
foil and stuffed in food containers in a freezer. Jefferson faces up to
150 years in prison when he’s sentenced in October.



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