If any FBI office is busy with public corruption, it’s New Orleans. The presence of FBI agents at city hall comes as the state’s infamous ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson is on trial in Alexandria, Va., on public corruption charges. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — FBI agents have been in New Orleans…
One of the great checks and balances of local power involves the FBI’s ability to investigate local police departments. Down in Cajun country, the FBI has its hands full. By Laura Maggi New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — The FBI is looking into at least three cases involving New Orleans police officers, a fact pointed…
When a law enforcement person is killed a jury’s indignation always seems to be greater. In this case the indignation translated into a death penalty. By Paul Rioux New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — A jury sentenced John Wayne Johnson to death Wednesday for killing an Orleans Parish sheriff’s deputy during a botched Algiers bank…
David Welker, head of the New Orleans FBI, may be low key, but if things goes as planned in a state ripe with corruption, he’ll be a household name before you know it. By Brendan McCarthy New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Like countless times before, the news conference began with six or so middle-age…
Rep. William J. Jefferson’s loyal voter base finally wore too thin. A Republican has unseated the 9-term Dem, who faces trial some time next year on public corruption charges. As a Congressman, Jefferson still had a chip to bargain with if he decided to plead guilty. He could have agreed to step down in exchange…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – I always marveled at the voter loyalty Rep. William J. Jefferson generated. Long after the FBI found $90,000 in marked FBI bills in his freezer in August 2005, many many people in the “Big Easy” still loved him. Apparently, Saturday there wasn’t enough of that kind of special love…
