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I won't defend it, but I'll explain it. Here is the key passage:
"Jefferson was removed from his seat on the Ways and Means Committee, one of the most important panels in Congress, by Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) last summer in an attempt to show how seriously Democrats viewed the allegations of corruption.
"But the move by Pelosi, who was still minority leader at the time, infuriated members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who said Jefferson shouldn't be punished unless he is indicted; federal prosecutors have yet to bring an indictment, despite an FBI raid 18 months ago on his home that yielded $90,000 in cash in his freezer."
When the new Congress began -- Pelosi put Jefferson on the Small Business Committee -- a shitty post, so he's sure not a favorite of hers.
I'd bet she had to do this to appease the CBC -- especially after she passed over Alcee Hastings (another Slave favorite) who otherwise would have been the Chair of the House Intelligence(?) Committee.
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Right, so the CBC has been - for lack of better word - blackmailing Pelosi into giving prominent posts to crooks.
And rather than merely stating for the record that her House will not be tainted with such ethically challenged individuals in positions of power, she capitulates.
Recall that she wasn't the one that squashed the Hastings nomination.
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I'd also bet that as soon as Jefferson is indicted, he's off the Homeland Security Committee, which can't possibly happen too soon. So, its dirty, but I understand why she did it.
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Hmmm.
