Runners-Up–Rep. William Jefferson and D.A. Mike Nifong, likely alcoholics.
Under watch:
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), indicted on charges that he used his congressional office to enrich himself and his family through a pervasive pattern of fraud, bribery and corruption. The 94-page indictment follows a two-year investigation following a sting operation in which Jefferson (allegedly) told an investor that he would need a half million dollars to bribe a Nigerian government official to help a digital technology firm, iGate Inc. of Louisville, KY, to gain a foothold in Africa. The investor delivered $100,000 to Jefferson in marked bills, $90,000 of which were found tucked away in Jefferson's freezer, "wrapped in aluminum foil, and concealed inside various food containers." Jefferson could qualify as one of the great functional alcoholics of all ...
