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Associated Press - June 26, 2009 6:44 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has refused to throw out a bribery case against the brother of a former Louisiana congressman.
Friday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon says a newspaper report forecasting Mose Jefferson's indictment didn't taint the grand jury proceedings.
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans posted the story about an hour before the grand jury convened on April 2, 2008, to vote on Jefferson's indictment. Vial Lemmon said the article didn't contain any information that wasn't already in the public domain.
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten has denied that the government was the source of any leak to the newspaper.
Mose Jefferson is a brother of former Rep. William Jefferson. Mose Jefferson is charged with bribing a former New Orleans school board president for her support in awarding school contracts.
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