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• Bill Jefferson wants change of venue in corruption trial to D.C.

  Published: September 8, 2007, 1:11 am

  Tags: Louisiana Politics, Corporate Whore, Black Politics, Federal Indictment, Black Political Corruption, Power Games, William Jefferson, Race, Washington Dc, U S House Of Representatives, New Orleans Katrina, Congressional Black Caucus, Politics

  spokesman Dean Boyd. The federal indictment is the first in which a U.S. official is charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars bribery of foreign officials. Jefferson, 60, a Harvard Law School graduate, was reelected last year while under investigation. He was the first black congressman elected in Louisiana since

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• Harold Ford Jr, Prince of Tennessee

  Published: October 25, 2007, 4:06 pm

  Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Frist, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Corporate Whore, Dlc, Federal Indictment, Fred Thompson, Harold Ford Jr, Harold Ford Sr, Jake Ford, John Ford, Martin O Malley, Politics, Power Games, Race, Tennessee, Tennessee Politics, Black V

  surreptitiously recorded by federal investigators had Mr. Harold warning his brother that what he was doing was highly improper and would get his black behind locked up. He didn't listen. After beating two federal prosecutions for bank fraud, Harold Sr. knows exactly what not to do. Some Negroes think they are untouchable and never learn,

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• Kai Franklin, daughter of Atlanta Mayor, pleads guilty in drug trafficking probe

  Published: December 17, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Politics, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Drug Trafficking Ring, Federal Indictment, Kai Franklin, Murder, Shirley Franklin, Tremayne Graham

  pleaded guilty today to federal charges that she illegally concealed proceeds from her former husband’s transcontinental drug-trafficking ring. Kai Franklin Graham, 35, the oldest of the mayor’s three children, pleaded guilty to structuring financial transactions in a way that avoided scrutiny from federal authorities. While

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• Kai Franklin to avoid jail

  Published: December 18, 2007, 7:25 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Politics, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Drug Trafficking Ring, Federal Indictment, Kai Franklin, Tremayne Graham, Black Bourgeoisie

  She paid cash. The money, federal prosecutors said here Monday, came from drug dealing. And the transactions, Franklin Graham admitted to a judge, were designed to evade government reporting requirements that help authorities spot money laundering. With her mother watching, Franklin Graham, 35, pleaded guilty Monday in a federal courtroom to a

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• Giuliani’s Christmas Ad (Revised)

  Published: December 21, 2007, 2:07 pm

  Tags: 2008, 9 11 Demagogery, Federal Indictment, Gop Culture Of Corruption, Gop Wedge Issues, Gop Presidential Candidates, Homewrecking Whore, Humor, Nypd, Politics, Race, Police Brutality, Political Expediency, Politics Of Fear, Racial Profiling, Racism

  Copying front runner Mike Huckabee and sinking in national polls like a stone, a desperate Rudy Giuliani came out with his own holiday ad to deceive and reassure gullible Republicans. Rudy: There a many things I wish for this Holiday Season. I wish for peace with strength, secure borders, a government that spends less than it takes in,

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• Rick Renzi finally indicted..

  Published: February 22, 2008, 4:00 am

  Tags: Corruption In Govt, Dustys Posts, Greed, Rethug, Bites, The, Dust, Republican, Rick, Renzi, Arizona, Accuses, And, Rep, Arizona A, 26 Page, Federal, Indictment, Unsealed, Government, Sale, Netted, Indicted, Extortion, Conspiring, Promote, Plethora

  Another Rethug bites the dust. Republican Rick Renzi has been indicted on a plethora of charges by the DOJ this morning. From AP: Republican Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona. A 26-page federal indictment unsealed in Arizona accuses Renzi and two [...]

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• Wesley Snipes gets played

  Published: April 24, 2008, 8:52 pm

  Tags: Black Hollywood, Criminal Injustice System, Federal Indictment, Federal Investigation, Politics, Power Games, Race, Tax Evasion, Wesley Snipes, Financial Difficulty, Political Expediency

  Hat Tip: Yahoo, Associated Press Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges Thursday, a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star by aggressively pursuing the maximum penalty.Snipes’ lawyers had spent much of the day in court offering dozens of letters from family members, friends even

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• Congressman Jefferson’s kin Indicted

  Published: June 4, 2008, 9:16 pm

  Tags: Angela Coleman, Betty Jefferson, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Congressional Black Caucus, Corporate Whore, Federal Indictment, Federal Investigation, Louisiana Politics, Mose Jefferson, Politics, New Orleans Katrina, William Jefferson, Dollar Bill, New O

  than $600,000 in state and federal grant money intended for charitable and educational projects. A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson, her brother, Mose Jefferson, and her daughter, Angela Coleman, on charges that include federal program fraud, identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S.

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