ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Prosecutors are accusing Rep. William J. Jefferson of Louisiana of soliciting bribes in two suspected schemes that are separate from the bribery charges he already faces, according to a published report.

Prosecutors said no new charges will be filed because of the allegations revealed in the document, filed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria and obtained by The Washington Post. But they do plan to use the latest allegations as evidence of a pattern of wrongdoing during Jefferson’s trial.

The government alleges that in 2002 Jefferson, a Democrat, asked a lobbyist for a U.S. oil services company for payments of $10,000 a month for a family member. In exchange, Jefferson said he would help the company promote business in Africa. The lobbyist turned down the request, according to the document.

Jefferson later made a deal to urge NASA to do business with a U.S. rocket launch services and technology company, according to the filing. The company is accused of agreeing to pay Jefferson’s family business and a relative in exchange for his help.

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I guess this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone, ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson is a crook, he is a prime example of all that is New Orleans, La. lawmaker faces new allegations, and all that New Orleans will ever be…

This kind of thing went on long before Katrina but it has been brought more into view lately, for ALL to see, and not by just a handful of honest Louisiana residents, and the video below tells a lot more about people like ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson and the people of New Orleans, HIS people, than they want told…

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