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[RandySF]

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[empedocles]

1. Shoplifting?

[hlthe2b]

4. corruption charges involving bribes for contracts for Africa projects.

[empedocles]

6. Most of the charges were thrown out on appeal.

[DURHAM D]

2. Jefferson is exactly the person I was thinking about after

this travesty happened this evening.

Impeach Ellis

[Baitball Blogger]

3. This is just a sneak preview of what is going to happen in the coming years

with all those conservative judges overwhelming our court system.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. yup. McConnell has cemented the coup

R.I.P. U.S.A.
Welcome to KKKGOPistan.

[Jarqui]

7. If he'd only sold out his country to the Russians,

he could have got off with a hand slap

[uponit7771]

8. Damn ...

[hlthe2b]

9. Ultimately released after 5 years

Ex-Rep. Jefferson, Free After 5-Year Prison Stint, Wants $392,000 Back
Criminal charges on which civil case rests have been thrown out

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/ex-rep-jefferson-free-5-year-prison-stint-wants-392000-back

A judge last fall threw out seven of the 10 original charges he was convicted of in 2009. Another has since been tossed. He began serving his sentence in 2012 and was released in October.

Now he’s arguing a decade-old civil case against him holds no water since the convictions on which the civil case rested have been thrown out.

The civil case was filed 11 years ago by Daniel Cadle of Ohio on behalf of himself and other investors in a now-shuttered telecommunications company, iGate Inc.

“No basis any longer exist[s] on which this court may maintain its judgment and order” for Jefferson to pay the investors $392,000, Jefferson’s motion states, according to NOLA.com.