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Six Hill Aides Subpoenaed In Jefferson Investigation

Associated Press
Friday, March 31, 2006; Page A12

A U.S. District Court has issued grand jury subpoenas to six aides to Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) who has been implicated in a bribery case.

In statements read on the House floor yesterday, the aides notified House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) that they had been served with subpoenas for testimony issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The court, located in Alexandria, Va., is set to hand down a sentence to Brett Pfeffer, a former aide to Jefferson. Pfeffer pleaded guilty in January to aiding and abetting bribery of a public official and conspiracy. He faces as much as 20 years in prison.

Pfeffer, 37, said a congressman demanded bribes in exchange for his assistance in brokering two African telecommunications deals. Court documents make clear that Jefferson is the accused congressman without naming him.

Jefferson has not been charged with a crime and has denied the allegation, saying he has never demanded or accepted anything to perform a service for which he was elected.

Notice the low profile of this investigation in the Washington Pest, page A-12. Tom DeLay, (R-Tx), is first page news, but William Jefferson, (D-La), is page 12 material. My how objective the Washington Post is.

In case you don't know who William Jefferson is, he is the Congressman that commandeered a National Guard truck, that was in New Orleans for rescue work, to go to his private residence and get some of his personal belongings. In the process, the truck got stuck, so a second National Guard truck, that was in New Orleans for rescue work, was forced to go in and rescue the Congressman and the first truck crew. I guess the lives of those constituents of his weren't as important as his personal property.

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