Judge puts freeze on Jefferson's assets
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge Thursday froze the assets of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., who was indicted this week on charges of soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. [...]
Lawyers for Rep. Jefferson objected strenuously to this move by the judge, noting that it marked a great waste of time and a duplication of effort, given that Jefferson's assets were already frozen solid to begin with before being brutally seized from his office freezer by FBI agents. Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 7, 2007 03:20 PM