Money Stashed in Freezer Is Key in Jefferson Trial
Money Stashed in Freezer Is Key in Jefferson Trial
I hope the focus isn't too heavy on the $90,000 in the freezer. There may be connections between Joe Wilson and Rep William Jefferson.
Joe Wilson was running his own international business consulting firm when the CIA asked him twice to visit Niger in 1999 and 2002. He went again in 2000 when the military coup d’etat had been supplanted with a democratic government. His business was representing these governments to assist them in getting lucrative business opportuities.
With that in mind:
The FBI is focusing on at least eight different suspected bribery schemes as part of its corruption probe of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), according to a federal affidavit.
Federal authorities have alleged in court documents that Jefferson took more than $500,000 in bribes in exchange for using his official position to promote iGate’s technology in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.
The affidavit discloses an alleged scheme in which Jefferson introduced officials from Netlink Digital Television (NDTV), a Nigerian company, to Jackson.
NDTV agreed to pay iGate nearly $45 million for the right to use its technology and to distribute it in Nigeria. The affidavit alleges that Jefferson, without iGate’s knowledge, separately negotiated with NDTV officials to receive $5 for each subscriber in “return for Jefferson’s official assistance if the deal was successful.”
Points of interest: Joe Wilson is the man who coordinated President Clinton’s trip to Africa in 1998 and William Jefferson, Lousianna Congressman, was also on the trip to Africa:
- Jefferson and two other members who traveled with Clinton to Africa called a news conference to announce their support for an idea by Jesse Jackson, the president’s special envoy to Africa, for a museum dedicated to slavery in Washington.
- Atiku Abubakar was searched by the FBI and his wife was indicted by the US with regards to Jefferson.
VICE-PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar’s wife, Jennifer, has been indicted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe of US Congressman, William Jefferson, over bribery involving a transnational tele-communications deal. Jennifer resides in the Potomac, Maryland home of Atiku which was raided on August 3, 2005, by the FBI in connection with the bribery investigation.
In a report on Tuesday, the FBI revealed that a taped conversation between Jefferson and a wired Mody saw the embattled American lawmaker describing Jennifer as a “front”. Jefferson told Mody that the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Gede Foundation, being operated in Washington by Jennifer, was a front, being used to channel illegal funds by the Atiku family.
Gede Foundation, according to the founder, was to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS:
“In a recorded conversation, Jefferson said that a top Nigerian official was scheduled to arrive in Washington shortly. Jefferson described him as a businessman “who has more deals than the man in the moon” and “he’s a very well, the word might be… corrupt.” The official, Jefferson later said, could be bribed by funnelling money through a charitable foundation run by the official’s wife, which Jefferson called a “front”.
The bribery and fraud case of former U.S. representative William J. Jefferson involves business ventures in seven West African nations, 16 criminal counts and a high-stakes legal battle over the raid of his Washington office. But when the trial begins Tuesday in Alexandria federal court, the case will be summed up to jurors with this key question: "Do you know the case of the congressman with the money in the freezer?"
After nine terms in office, the Louisiana Democrat is most known for the $90,000 that federal officers found wrapped in aluminum foil and tucked inside frozen food containers in his Capitol Hill home.
ExcerptI hope the focus isn't too heavy on the $90,000 in the freezer. There may be connections between Joe Wilson and Rep William Jefferson.
Joe Wilson was running his own international business consulting firm when the CIA asked him twice to visit Niger in 1999 and 2002. He went again in 2000 when the military coup d’etat had been supplanted with a democratic government. His business was representing these governments to assist them in getting lucrative business opportuities.
With that in mind:
The FBI is focusing on at least eight different suspected bribery schemes as part of its corruption probe of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), according to a federal affidavit.
Federal authorities have alleged in court documents that Jefferson took more than $500,000 in bribes in exchange for using his official position to promote iGate’s technology in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.
The affidavit discloses an alleged scheme in which Jefferson introduced officials from Netlink Digital Television (NDTV), a Nigerian company, to Jackson.
NDTV agreed to pay iGate nearly $45 million for the right to use its technology and to distribute it in Nigeria. The affidavit alleges that Jefferson, without iGate’s knowledge, separately negotiated with NDTV officials to receive $5 for each subscriber in “return for Jefferson’s official assistance if the deal was successful.”
Points of interest: Joe Wilson is the man who coordinated President Clinton’s trip to Africa in 1998 and William Jefferson, Lousianna Congressman, was also on the trip to Africa:
- Jefferson and two other members who traveled with Clinton to Africa called a news conference to announce their support for an idea by Jesse Jackson, the president’s special envoy to Africa, for a museum dedicated to slavery in Washington.
- Atiku Abubakar was searched by the FBI and his wife was indicted by the US with regards to Jefferson.
VICE-PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar’s wife, Jennifer, has been indicted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe of US Congressman, William Jefferson, over bribery involving a transnational tele-communications deal. Jennifer resides in the Potomac, Maryland home of Atiku which was raided on August 3, 2005, by the FBI in connection with the bribery investigation.
In a report on Tuesday, the FBI revealed that a taped conversation between Jefferson and a wired Mody saw the embattled American lawmaker describing Jennifer as a “front”. Jefferson told Mody that the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Gede Foundation, being operated in Washington by Jennifer, was a front, being used to channel illegal funds by the Atiku family.
Gede Foundation, according to the founder, was to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS:
“In a recorded conversation, Jefferson said that a top Nigerian official was scheduled to arrive in Washington shortly. Jefferson described him as a businessman “who has more deals than the man in the moon” and “he’s a very well, the word might be… corrupt.” The official, Jefferson later said, could be bribed by funnelling money through a charitable foundation run by the official’s wife, which Jefferson called a “front”.
Posted by Defend Our Freedoms at 6/8/2009 7:53 AM 
Categories: Clinton, Joe Wilson, William Jefferson, Africa
Categories: Clinton, Joe Wilson, William Jefferson, Africa
The affidavit discloses an alleged scheme in which Jefferson introduced officials from Netlink Digital Television (NDTV), a Nigerian company, to Jackson.
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