Democratic Congressman Expected to Be Indicted
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Representative William J. Jefferson of Louisiana is expected to be indicted on corruption charges this afternoon.
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Democratic lawmakers set up a possible court showdown with President George W. Bush on Wednesday by summoning two of his former aides to testify about the controversial firing of federal prosecutors last year.
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Indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) pleaded not guilty to bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges this morning in a federal courtroom in Alexandria and was told to surrender his passport pending a January trial.
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Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio)ÃÂ is the first elected official to face charges in the ongoing influence-peddling investigation of former lobbying powerhouse Jack Abramoff.
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The U.S. Justice Department is  expected to seek indictments of up to four former BP Plc   traders as early as Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported  in its online edition on Wednesday.
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Top congressional Democrats said on Sunday the U.S. Justice Department should investigate former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage male pages and said Republican leaders should testify under oath on what they knew about the matter.
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Former U.S. Senate majority leader George Mitchell, who has been probing the use of steroids in Major League Baseball, will issue his highly anticipated report on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.
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Patricia C. Dunn, the former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, and four other people will be named in indictments expected to be filed by CaliforniaÂs attorney general today in the spying case at the company, according to lawyers involved in the case.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was indicted on Monday on 16 criminal counts for conspiring to solicit bribes and pay off a Nigerian official, with $90,000 of an intended bribe found hidden in his home freezer wrapped in aluminum foil.
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A watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate whether a congressman broke the law by not paying taxes and using his office's resources for campaign activities.
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Democratic Rep. William Jefferson, accused of hiding $90,000 of intended bribes in his freezer, was charged on Monday with soliciting bribes and paying off a Nigerian official.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 -- A Republican congressman from California defended his reputation this week, as FBI investigators look into charges that he improperly delayed paying taxes on several lucrative land deals.
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Did the Justice Department dismiss eight prosecutors for cause? Or was it a political purge? The Democrats in Congress want to find out
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Democrats are ratcheting up their efforts to oust Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, in the wake of the congressional page scandal that has raised pointed questions about how Reynolds handled the issue when he first learned of it.
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Monday's indictment of Rep. William Jefferson may revive pressure to fulfill their clean-government pledge.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as "The Hammer" is also at stake.
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Republicans on Tuesday sought a speedy ouster of Rep. William J. Jefferson from Congress, possibly before his trial on federal charges of taking more than $500,000 in bribes.