How strong is the case against Louisiana's
Representative William Jefferson? According to numerous press accounts, after
videotaping Jefferson receiving a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant, the
government executed a search warrant of his home and found $90,000 of that
money hidden in his freezer. In another case, a Kentucky businessman pleaded
guilty to paying Jefferson $400,000 in bribes for official favors; and one of
the congressman's key staff members has already entered a guilty plea to aiding
and abetting the bribery of a public official.