Businessman Burnell Moliere pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that he helped former Orleans Parish School Board President Ellenese Brooks-Simms tap at least $40,000 in kickbacks in connection with a school curriculum contract. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—U.S. Rep. William Jefferson accused FBI agents Thursday of lying in court and yelling at him during what he said was a hostile interrogation in his New Orleans home in August 2005. Read More and Discuss

Congressman admits receiving $100,000, $90,000 was in freezer Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is facing questions over a $2 million education earmark she authored in 2001 that benefited a Texas company whose executives and associates gave her $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — A Washington watchdog has filed a complaint against Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, suggesting she may have traded her influence on a specific earmark for $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — When the FBI interviewed U.S. Rep. William Jefferson for two hours before the August 2005 search of his home, the New Orleans Democrat mentioned a name the agents didn’t recognize: Jim Creaghan. Read More and Discuss

Former state Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley and four other officials face state ethics charges for going on hunting and fishing trips as the guests of a private insurance consultant. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—He is a former aide to the late Sen. Russell Long, D-La., who became an energy lobbyist. She is a Florida businesswoman who has invested in a number of struggling businesses with potential for big profits. Read More and Discuss

Gambling debts, false statements under oath, bank fraud and secret gifts from lawyers form the heart of an extraordinary impeachment referral that was lodged Thursday against U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous Jr. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Justice Department has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court decision that said the agency overstepped its constitutional bounds by raiding the congressional office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, are trying to block a former Democratic congressman who also served as a judge from testifying at Jefferson’s public corruption trial. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)—A federal judge Friday rejected an effort by a Louisiana congressman charged with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to move his trial out of northern Virginia. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Bribery has been around as long as politics, but recent provocative legal challenges have prompted Congress to look at rewriting the laws to spell out more clearly what it means to be on the take. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Pressing his case to move his trial, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, argued Monday that he is the only congressman in the past 30 years to be prosecuted outside Washington or his home state. Read More and Discuss