Members Of Congress Charged With Crimes Since 2000

[Dover]

Members of Congress who have been charged with crimes since 2000:

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— July 29, 2008: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of services he received from an oil services company that helped renovate his home.

— Feb. 22, 2008: Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., indicted on charges of extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes in an Arizona land swap that authorities say helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs.

— June 11, 2007: Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, arrested in a bathroom sex sting at the Minneapolis airport. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He is now asking a state appeals court to let him withdraw his guilty plea.

— June 4, 2007: Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., indicted on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money laundering in a long-running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa.

— Jan. 19, 2007: Former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

— March 3, 2006: Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., sentenced to eight years and four months in prison. He collected $2.4 million in homes, yachts, antique furnishings and other bribes in a corruption scheme.

— Oct. 3, 2005: Former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, charged with felony money laundering and conspiracy in connection with Republican fundraising efforts in 2002. One charge has been dropped and two others are being argued before a state appeals court.

— Aug. 29, 2003: Rep. William Janklow, R-S.D., charged with felony second-degree manslaughter and three misdemeanors after his car struck and killed a motorcyclist. He was convicted of vehicular homicide and sentenced to 100 days in prison.

— May 4, 2001: Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of tax evasion, bribery, racketeering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of racketeering and accepting bribes.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5913358.html

[bdamomma]

1. hoping we could some more names to that list.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Seven - (R's), Two - (D's)

to quote my values laden neighbor "both sides do it."

[livetohike]

3. Bush will no doubt pardon all of the Republicans before he

leaves office :-(.

[wicket]

4. K & R

:kick:

[speedoo]

5. K&R, and bookmarked. nt

[barbtries]

6. lot of criminals

in our lawmaking body

[Dover]

7. So many criminals, so little time or jail space. And so few uncorruptible judges.

White collar, corporate and gov. crime must be at an all time high.
It happens when a system is weakened as ours has been.
Heck, who's left to build the jails?