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From an NPR story: “The federal jury that found former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson guilty Wednesday of 11 felonies, including bribery and racketeering, delivered its verdict four years and two days after FBI agents found $90,000 in his freezer. During the trial, prosecutors laid out five years' worth of deals in which Jefferson wanted payments from business people. The jurors saw a crisp FBI photo of the cash in his home freezer. They also saw a video of Jefferson collecting the money — the moment when the Democratic congressman reached into the trunk of an FBI informant's car and took a briefcase filled with the greenbacks. The informant, a businesswoman, wore a wire during the hand-off and at restaurant meals with Jefferson. She recorded incriminating conversations about business deals in Africa and the payments he expected. The defense case, by contrast, took a couple of hours and argued that Jefferson had been acting as a business consultant, not a member of Congress carrying out official acts.” There is a saying about working for two masters – it can’t be done. There is also a difference between discretion and dealing in cash – discretion is good, but cash is somehow always incriminating. Stay away from it. If you have nothing to cover up, then do everything out in the open. This topless woman knows this very well.
From an NPR story: “The federal jury that found former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson guilty Wednesday of 11 felonies, including bribery and racketeering, delivered its verdict four years and two days after FBI agents found $90,000 in his freezer. During the trial, prosecutors laid out five years' worth of deals in which Jefferson wanted payments from business people. The jurors saw a crisp FBI photo of the cash in his home freezer. They also saw a video of Jefferson collecting the money — the moment when the Democratic congressman reached into the trunk of an FBI informant's car and took a briefcase filled with the greenbacks. The informant, a businesswoman, wore a wire during the hand-off and at restaurant meals with Jefferson. She recorded incriminating conversations about business deals in Africa and the payments he expected. The defense case, by contrast, took a couple of hours and argued that Jefferson had been acting as a business consultant, not a member of Congress carrying out official acts.” There is a saying about working for two masters – it can’t be done. There is also a difference between discretion and dealing in cash – discretion is good, but cash is somehow always incriminating. Stay away from it. If you have nothing to cover up, then do everything out in the open. This topless woman knows this very well. 
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