Indicted Rep. Jefferson -- Bocca Bing!
What's a box of Boca Burgers worth? It all depends on whose freezer it's in.
At most grocery stores, a box of soy Boca Burgers goes for about $5. But in the notorious freezer of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the price is jacked up - a lot.
According to recently unsealed documents in U.S. District Court in Washington, FBI agents who raided Jefferson's Capitol Hill home in August of 2005 found $20,000 in cash inside a Boca Burger box in the freezer.
Previous court documents stated only that $90,000 in hard cold cash was found in foil and frozen food containers. But a newly unsealed itemized inventory by FBI agents shows $20,000 of the total was tucked inside a Boca Burger box, $30,000 in a "Yes! Organic Market" bag and $20,000 in a not-so-organic Pillsbury pie crust box. (The other $20,000 - found in two stacks of $10,000, bound by rubber bands - was just wrapped in foil, you know, the normal way to keep cash in one's freezer.)
Who knew that Jefferson - who was indicted in May on 16 counts of bribery, racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice - was so... health conscious? (Except for that Pillsbury ready made crust; Poor guy must have fallen off the wagon briefly.)
We're now awaiting comment from the Rep. Jefferson on his dietary habits, i.e., how often he chooses soy over beef. (In the event he is convicted, it could be difficult, depending on the prison, to sustain a vegetarian-leaning lifestyle in the U.S. federal prison system.)
Besides Boca burgers, the newly unsealed documents also shed more light on the government's case against Jefferson, as the New Orleans Times Picayune reports.
By Mary Ann Akers |
July 31, 2007; 10:20 AM ET
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Posted by: Will | July 31, 2007 12:21 PM
Where can I purchase the refrigerator ile the one that William Jefferson, D-La., used to make 100 bills rather than ice cubes? Will conders never cease?
Posted by: Will | July 31, 2007 12:21 PM
This guy is an embarrassment to the entire party. Not only is he crooked, he's an idiot.
Posted by: ugh | July 31, 2007 1:48 PM
More on the Jefferson-health food scandal http://theheadpelican.blogspot.com
Posted by: To the Right | July 31, 2007 1:50 PM
Jefferson is an embarrassment to Democrats and vegetarians alike. This is the kind of thing one expects from republicans. There are a thousand Republican cheats to every one Democrat, but now the right wingers wiil use Jefferson to try and mitigate their malfeasance.
Posted by: Sonofabastard | July 31, 2007 3:58 PM
I amazed at the lack of apologists here who would try to paint Rep. William Jefferson (Democrat - Louisiana) as a victim. I guess the obviously-fishy-to-everyone-else $90,000 stored in a refrigerator was too much for them.
Posted by: Livelongandprosper | August 1, 2007 9:23 AM
Livelong, why would anyone defend that kind of corruption?
Why are you an apologist for the very same kind of corruption when Republicans or corporations engage in it?
Posted by: Sonofabastard | August 1, 2007 10:21 AM
My Boca Burgers had ... Boca Burgers!
Posted by: Philip V. Riggio | August 1, 2007 5:47 PM
In keeping with the burger box theme, there's a California chain whose success is predicated on very fresh products, called In 'n Out Burgers. Sure would like to see one of its large boxes brought to the former representative in prison. Heh.
Posted by: wotten wayne wong | August 1, 2007 10:28 PM
... whoops --- got a little ahead of myself with "former representative in prison" --- forgot the health-conscious rascal is, as yet, merely indicted.
Being impatient for a just outcome is a weakness in many of we Californians --- my bad.
Posted by: wotten wayne wong | August 1, 2007 10:38 PM
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Where can I purchase the refrigerator ile the one that William Jefferson, D-La., used to make 100 bills rather than ice cubes? Will conders never cease?