1.0 link 50868 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/jefferson-may-drown-but-p_b_50868.html The question was never whether Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson would be indicted but when. Now that the inevitable has happened and the scandal tainted Congressman has been hit with a 16-count bribery indictment that could land him in jail for decades where does that leave the promise House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi made last year to "drain the swamp." By that she meant that she and House Democrats would cleanse the House of the rampant corruption, cronyism and favoritism that...

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