Rach3
May21-06, 04:16 PM
Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060521/ap_on_go_co/congressman_probe_7;_ylt=Av6F58y13vtn1A3zAa84Y5iGb ToC;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.
I've already posted this in P&WA, but it really seems like a "general interest" topic so I thought I'd start a GD thread. Maybe along the theme of, "America's Dumbest Criminals". :tongue2:
As Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,'" according to the affidavit.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.
I've already posted this in P&WA, but it really seems like a "general interest" topic so I thought I'd start a GD thread. Maybe along the theme of, "America's Dumbest Criminals". :tongue2:
As Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,'" according to the affidavit.