By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loyalty to mom doesn’t always pay off. Stacy Simms, 49, the daughter of the former crooked ex-Orleans Parish School Board President Ellenese Brooks-Simms in New Orleans, was sentenced late last week two years probation for opening a bank account for mom to put her bribe money in, the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New Orleans political dynasty headed by disgraced ex-Congressman William Jefferson and his brother Mose Jefferson, the political operative, continues to crumble. The New Orleans Times Picayune reports that less than a month before trial, the ex-Congresman’s sister Betty Jefferson,70, a 4th District Assessor, and her daughter Angela Coleman, 53, pleaded…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A sad reminder of the crumbling political dynasty of the Jefferson family in Louisiana surfaced Thursday in federal court in New Orleans. Mose Jefferson, the political operative for the dynasty and the brother of convicted ex-Rep. William Jefferson, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribing school board president Ellenese…
Just like his brother, Mose Jefferson finds himself headed to prison. It’s a shame a family that could have contributed so much to the public good, chose instead to stuff their pockets. Mose was convicted Friday. By Laura Maggi New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Mose Jefferson, the older brother of the former U.S. Rep….
The older brother Mose Jefferson now takes center stage in a federal courtroom after his brother ex-Rep. William Jefferson. The trial not only does not speak well for New Orleans, but for the Jefferson family, which has been the subject of years of FBI investigations. Mose Jefferson is accused of bribing a school board member….
The theme throughout this case has been that then-Rep. William Jefferson tried to make sure his family got a slice of pie. In this case, he tried to make sure his brother Mose got plenty of money. By Jonathan Tilove and Bruce Alpert New Orleans Times-Picayune ALEXANDRIA, VA. — In January 2002, Louisiana oil entrepreneur…
