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Jefferson Guilty (but not for “cold cash”)
The jury in the trial of former Congressman William Jefferson, infamous for the $90,000 in marked bills found in his freezer, returned a verdict late yesterday, the fifth day of their deliberations....
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Jefferson Sentenced
Former congressman William Jefferson stood with his attorney, Robert Trout, his clasped hands resting on the lectern, as Judge Ellis sentenced him to 13 years in prison. Jefferson, 62, infamous for...
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The Trend Toward Anonymous Juries
When former congressman William “Cold Cash” Jefferson stood trial in Alexandria last summer sketching the jury was not permitted. Three decades earlier, at the bribery trial of congressman “Dapper”...
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Turkey in the Straw
In the late seventies, during one of those end of the term marathon sessions of congress, then majority leader Senator Byrd invited members of the press to his office for an early morning briefing at...
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I Am Guilty, Your Honor
A sad day yesterday as a tearful Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty in a courtroom filled with friends and family, including his father, Jesse Jackson Sr. The Judge who accepted Jackson’s plea, Robert...
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” What A Maroon ! “
Purchase Print or Download Hip-Hop tweeting Tea-Party Republican congressman Trey Radel (third from right) pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in DC Superior Court this morning and was given a...
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Hastert Sentencing
Purchase Print or Download Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was sentenced Wednesday on one count of “structuring” bank withdrawals to which he had pleaded guilty last year. But of course it...
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Senate Impeachment Sketches, Part I
Purchase Print These sketches of the Trump impeachment trial were created on assignment for the New York Times and appear, with commentary, on its website here. Purchase Print Purchase Print Purchase...
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Senate Impeachment Sketches, Part II
Purchase Print Here are the final sketches from the Trump impeachment trial, plus a few from the State of the Union the night before the final vote, created on assignment for the New York They appear...
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Impeachment Trial Redux
Senate page hands question to parliamentarian The second impeachment trial of now former president Trump took but five days, four of which are documented in these few sketches. Access to the Senate...
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