William Jefferson

member House Of Representatives representing New Orleans.

Jefferson has been embroiled in a nearly two-year-old federal investigation focusing on whether the 59-year-old lawmaker accepted bribes when he attempted to help set up some telecommunications deals in Africa for a Kentucky-based company called I Gate Inc. Court documents indicate that the FBI has accumulated a significant amount of evidence in the case, including video of Jefferson allegedly accepting a $100,000 cash bribe from an FBI informant. The case became fodder for late-night talk show comedians after investigators raided his home and found $90,000 in cash tucked away in a freezer.