According to this report on the Jefferson trial, a lobbyist offered to bribe Rep. William Jefferson in connection with oilfield rights. James Creaghan told the jury in Jefferson’s bribery trial that he negotiated a deal that would have given Mose Jefferson a piece of a West African oil field. In return, Creaghan expected William Jefferson […]
Category: House
House Ethics Report
Today the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (a/k/a House Ethics) released a report summarizing its recent activities.
Criminal Probe of $8 Million Earmark
The Post reports that authorities are investigating an $8 million earmark that Rep. Murtha allegedly arranged. Over the years, Murtha arranged tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for two Pennsylvania firms central to the investigation, Coherent Systems International and Kuchera Defense Systems. “It really puts a fine point on the murky, unaccountable web that […]