From the Washington Post:
The disclosures provided new insights into the mounting case against Jefferson. In the past few months, two people
have pleaded guilty to bribing the eight-term congressman to promote iGate Inc., a Kentucky-based high-tech company that sought
broadband business in Africa.Jefferson, 59, has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing. His office declined to comment yesterday. His lawyer, Robert P.
Trout of Washington, did not return a phone message left at his office.The latest information, cited from a sealed affidavit, surfaced in a ruling yesterday from U.S. Magistrate Judge William Connelly
in Greenbelt. The judge agreed to unseal most of the affidavit for a search warrant executed Aug. 3 at the Potomac home of Jennifer
Douglas, a wife of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubaker.
OK, OK, I realize that it’s unfair to link the 419 scams online with someone just because they happen to be being bribed by a spouse
of a Nigerian elected official…but it’s just too tempting to not poke at a little bit.