Even better, a Demoncrat.
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The former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his
freezer following an FBI bribery sting was sentenced to 13 years in
prison Friday, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman
convicted of bribery.

Prosecutors wanted the 62-year-old William Jefferson, a Democrat who
represented parts of New Orleans, to serve at least 27 years in
prison. The defense wanted less than 10 years and hoped Jefferson
could remain free on bond while he appeals his conviction.

Jefferson said nothing in court after he was sentenced. He was
convicted in August of 11 counts, including bribery and racketeering.
Prosecutors at his two-month trial said he took roughly $500,000 in
bribes and sought millions more. He was acquitted of five other
charges, including the one most closely associated with the money in
his freezer.

The investigation started in March 2005. In August of that year, FBI
agents searched Jefferson's Washington home and found the cash.
Prosecutors said he had planned to use the money to pay a bribe to the
then-vice president of Nigeria to secure a multimillion-dollar
telecommunications deal there, an accusation Jefferson denied.

The money ended up in the freezer after a disgruntled businesswoman,
Lori Mody, agreed to wear a wire after telling the FBI she had been
cheated out of $3.5 million in deals brokered by Jefferson. The jury
saw videotape of Mody handing over a suitcase filled with $100,000
cash outside an Arlington hotel. Most of that money was recovered from
the freezer.

The defense argued that Jefferson was acting as a private business
consultant in brokering the deals and his actions did not constitute
bribery.

New Orleans voters had long been loyal to Jefferson, who in 1991
became Louisiana's first African-American congressman since
Reconstruction. He rose from the poverty of the Louisiana Delta
parishes to prominence as a street-savvy political tactician.

He was re-elected in 2006 even after news of the bribery scandal broke
but was indicted and then lost to Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao
this past December.
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New Orleans voted a crooked politician back in even knowing he was
crooked? Why is it that the Democrat's voting base keeps doing this?
Can you say Marion Barry?

Maybe during Katrina, they got what they deserved from their Democrat
Mayor and Governor. I wonder if they've learned anything.