BAD NEWS FOR FORMER REP. WILLIAM “FREEZER CASH” JEFFERSON (D-LA): Appeals Court Upholds 10 of Jefferson’s Corruption Convictions. “A two-year investigation revealed — and a jury agreed — that Jefferson, now 65, had committed multiple felonies during a years-long scheme to line his pockets that included demanding retainer payments and stock shares from businesses he agreed to promote during trips to Africa. During visits to countries that included Cameroon and Nigeria, Jefferson would represent these businesses by using his position as a Congressman to gain access, including using embassy-paid motorcades and letters sent on official stationery. Executives of those firms would then send payments of cash and stock to companies that were owned by Jefferson’s family members but controlled by Jefferson. Almost $100,000 cash was found in the Congressman’s freezer when federal agents raided his Virginia home.”