US Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) on Thursday testified under oath for the first time since being indicted on corruption charges in 2005. The testimony came at a hearing before US District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria. Jefferson’s attorneys are seeking to suppress his statements to FBI agents during the August 2005 search of his Washington home, as well as all documents seized during the search. Jefferson claimed that his treatment by FBI agents was so hostile that he assumed he was going to be arrested and his lawyers argued that he should have been read his Miranda rights, but under cross examination he admitted that he spoke to the agents voluntarily.
Ellis did not rule on the motions immediately; Jefferson’s trial is scheduled to begin on February 25. He faces 16 counts including bribery, racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice. The AP story is here.
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