Democrat Representative from Louisiana. Not only the spokesman of his district, but the face of his family, his loved ones. Innocent until proven guilty. As a man so voluntarily imbued with the responsiblity of his position in congress, one might think he'd have an idea about when it's appropriate to speak and when not to. Then again, if he were guilty of even part of the charges in the indictment, he might fool one.
He declared his absolute innocence of the charges at the same time admitting keeping the bribe money he was caught with. The 94 page indictment containing the 16 charges included racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice says a lot about that.
Wait a minute...obstruction of justice? That sounds familiar. Wasn't that one of the charges scooter libby recieved 2 years in prison for? The justice Mr. Libby was alleged to be obstructing was regarding the reference to an agent made legally by Richard Armitage. So, in review, we have no crime committed, the prosecutor being aware of this fact including who actually "outed Ms. Plame" decides to press ahead with a probe to cause Scooter Libby to be found guilty of perjury.
What I don't understand is why the double standard demonstrated here is so tolerated by the conservatives. Scooter Libby says "I'm not sure" and that's perjury; Jefferson say's "I'm innocent of taking the bribe money I took" so he thinks he's good to go? And where is his family in his thinking? Oh, his wife was standing with him, good for her, I guess. Maybe I'm being vindictive but it seems to me to be a bit of a fascade, a cheap usage of the notion of family values.
I hope there is a bible in his cell.
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