Reply #8: Unfortunately, here in Louisiana, we're not so quick to cry foul... [View All]

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Convictions of sitting elected officials are not an uncommon occurance (as they should be.) So not much talk about conspiracies down here.

Jefferson's brother in law, a sitting Federal Judge, was convicted on fraud charges recently. Jefferson's name came up during the trial. Something about contributions to his daughter's campaign for state representative (which she won).

There are a staggering number of investigations going on. Many of them focusing on powerful african americans, like Jefferson. Around 8 close associates of former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial have been indicted ..the home of his brother has been searched.

Jefferson, an eight-term Democrat from New Orleans uses some of the same "political machines" here that Morial worked so well. I've often wondered how Jefferson managed to keep his head above all this corruption. Now it seems that maybe he didn't.