Ex-Jefferson aide gets 8 years for bribery - Yahoo! News

Ex-Jefferson aide gets 8 years for bribery - Yahoo! News: "Fri May 26, 5:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former aide to Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) has been sentenced to eight years in prison for helping the Louisiana Democrat solicit bribes in an African telecommunications venture, the Justice Department said on Friday.
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Brett Pfeffer, 37, was also fined $24,000 for his role in a bribery scandal that created a standoff between Congress and the Bush administration for much of the past week.

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FBI has not brought charges against Jefferson, but revealed last weekend it videotaped him accepting $100,000 in bribes and found $90,000 of that money in his freezer."