He's dead, Jim James Traficant was found guilty of all charges.
Traficant, who angered many Democrats by voting to elect Republican Dennis Hastert as speaker, has already been stripped of committee assignments.
Look, Traficant didn't do anything that almost every other Congressman. He ticked off is party leaders, and they hung him out to dry. They stripped him of his committee memberships (only member of congress with no comittee seats), and rezoned him out of a district, all before the charges were made. They wnted him gone, and they got what they wanted.
"At the heart of all public service is personal integrity. A member of Congress who breaks the law betrays the public trust and brings discredit to the House of Representatives," Gephardt said.
Does this turn anybody else's stomach?
Posted by Rich at April 12, 2002 12:27 AM