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By Vladimir Posted in $90000 | 2008 | 3); | IN HIS FREEZERjavascript:edInsertTag(edCanvas[0] | William Jefferson — Comments (2) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

While defending his a$$ in court, ...

Jefferson will defend his seat in Congress

Personally, I think anyone who casts a vote for any Democrat for office anywhere should be held to account for this shameless clown. This will be his second election while under indictment on bribery, corruption and racketeering charges stemming from the August 2005 search of his residence that discovered $90,000 in FBI cash hidden in his freezer.

The entire extended Jefferson clan have systematically exploited government funds intended for their needy constituent base in the New Orleans inner city for a generation. At what point do their crimes merit prosecution under RICO?

Jefferson will serve his party as a superdelegate at its August convention, as will family associate Renee Gill-Pratt.

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Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, announced Tuesday that he will seek re-election to a 10th term even as he faces a Dec. 2 political corruption trial that he called an "overly zealous" prosecution based on "false factual allegations."

A 16-count federal indictment filed in June 2007 "has not prevented my delivering for our district and our state," Jefferson said in a statement announcing his candidacy.

"My family and I have sworn a great oath to trust God and to fight on to vindicate ourselves and our good name," Jefferson said. "This we will do. And, in none of it, will I or they sacrifice our continued strong commitment and effective delivery of the things our people need to recover from the storm and from a bad economy."

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Some political analysts think Jefferson will have a harder time winning re-election this year, given that since his indictment the congressman's brother and political adviser, Mose Jefferson, and sister Betsy Jefferson, the Orleans Parish 4th District assessor, were indicted on charges they conspired to loot more than $600,000 in taxpayer money from three charities they established to help inner-city youths.

Jefferson said he will run on his record "of effective service to the people of my district over the years and in particular over the last three years since Hurricane Katrina."