Congressman Caught On Video Accepting $100,000 In $100 Bills From FBI Informant...

Associated Press   |  MATTHEW BARAKAT   |   May 21, 2006 11:59 PM

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A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.

At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.

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