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Jefferson’s Sentence Is a Record-Setter

By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 16, 2009, Midnight

A freezer full of cash made ex-Rep. William Jefferson a national punch line, and a federal judge on Friday made him a record-holder: The 13-year prison sentence given to the Louisiana Democrat is the longest ever handed down to a former Member of Congress.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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