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Friday, October 17, 2008

Did you know there was a convicted felons in Congress




Did you know there was a convicted felon in Congress? Now currently there are no felons in Congress.Upon conviction you get expelled. I had to look it up Larry Craig had a misdeameanor. Jim Traficant was the last member to be expelled after being convicted on 10 felony counts. Interestingly he ran for his old seat while in prison serving an 8 year jail sentance and got 15% of the vote. It seems while you can't be a convicted felon and vote but you can run for office as one. Now W G. Bush has never been convicted of a felony. His convictions were all misdeameanors.
Did you know that the state of Illinois has passed legislation that if any elected official is convicted of a felony, he or she automatically forfeits retirement benefits. Such a law discourages taking kickbacks and bribes.
Posted by kt merritt at 4:38 PM

1 comment:

Unknown said...

There's more to the Traficant story ... particularly this sworn testimony from aviation safety experts who hold Top Secret security clearances:

Affidavit

C-SPAN Video

October 20, 2008 at 3:39 PM

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