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Former congressman gets 3 years in prison on corruption charges

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Man this took long enough. I haven't lived in Phoenix for over four years and he was being checked out for this crap back then.

Former congressman gets 3 years in prison on corruption charges

A former U.S. congressman from Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for convictions of public corruption.

Rick Renzi, once a three-term Republican in the House, was fined $25,000 in addition to the prison sentence.

Renzi’s co-defendant and business partner, James Sandlin, a 62-year-old real estate investor, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both men are scheduled to begin their sentences in January.​

Why is it white collar criminals don't leave the court room in handcuffs beginning their sentence right then and there? What a jacked up judicial system we have.
 
Man this took long enough. I haven't lived in Phoenix for over four years and he was being checked out for this crap back then.

Former congressman gets 3 years in prison on corruption charges

A former U.S. congressman from Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for convictions of public corruption.

Rick Renzi, once a three-term Republican in the House, was fined $25,000 in addition to the prison sentence.

Renzi’s co-defendant and business partner, James Sandlin, a 62-year-old real estate investor, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both men are scheduled to begin their sentences in January.​

Why is it white collar criminals don't leave the court room in handcuffs beginning their sentence right then and there? What a jacked up judicial system we have.

Word dat. I mean one of them is about to be elected the governor of virginia and all and people are actually glad.
 
Why is it white collar criminals don't leave the court room in handcuffs beginning their sentence right then and there? What a jacked up judicial system we have.

Because it's a non-violent crime; or at least that was the answer I got when I asked a federal court official a few years back about a similar case where I was an expert witness for the prosecution.

And yes, it is a jacked up judicial system.

Here's another example:

On November 13, 2009, Jefferson was sentenced to thirteen years in federal prison for bribery after a corruption investigation, the longest sentence ever handed down to a congressman for bribery or any other crime. He began serving that sentence in May 2012 at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in Beaumont, Texas.
 
Word dat. I mean one of them is about to be elected the governor of virginia and all and people are actually glad.

didn't know Cooch would succeed his crooked boss
 
UGGG

"I'm not wise enough to know why good people do bad things — I think character and avarice have something to do with it," Bury said. "That's what happened here. Two good men committed bad acts."

Because they are not good people dumbass. And just like you power hungry greedy assholes.
 
didn't know Cooch would succeed his crooked boss

he isn't. But just think of all the insurance proceeds Mcauliffe will be able to collect off stealing the identities of terminal ill patients now that he has state databases to work with.
 
It's already started on another Democrat in office before he's in office..
You guys are consistent..
When did you get your talking points..
Maybe cooch should have been nicer to the "nice" libertarians voting for sarvis .
he isn't. But just think of all the insurance proceeds Mcauliffe will be able to collect off stealing the identities of terminal ill patients now that he has state databases to work with.
 
It's already started on another Democrat in office before he's in office..
You guys are consistent..
When did you get your talking points..
Maybe cooch should have been nicer to the "nice" libertarians voting for sarvis .

The Washington Post ran the story which I think was sourced out of Connecticut where the scam centered.

If Bolling had run as an independent after the Tea Party scammed him out of the nomination, then he would be above 50% and the other two would be toast, and Sarvis would never have been heard of.
 
how much do you paid stalinist/Franco rightists get paid for intentionally lying??
The Washington Post ran the story
so you like washpo when they talk your talk..
If Bolling had run as an independent after the Tea Party scammed him out of the nomination
coulda, woulda from a whining elitist Rove/Repup--that's rich
 
Man this took long enough. I haven't lived in Phoenix for over four years and he was being checked out for this crap back then.

Whatever happened with that black politician in Louisiana that had like $100K in tin foil and baggies hidden in his freezer with hidden markings the FBI put on it? I think his name was Jefferson or Washington or some other name of a Founding Father. I think they finally threw his a$$ in the pokey, didn't they?
 
how much do you paid stalinist/Franco rightists get paid for intentionally lying??

We don't do it for free. Unlike the leftist sheeple, we have skills that command value.
so you like washpo when they talk your talk..

sad you can't refute the story, but hey, at least you can't blame racism on this one since your guy is a bloated pasty-faced white guy.

coulda, woulda from a whining elitist Rove/Repup--that's rich

If believing that people should be self-sufficient makes me an elitist, so be it. I would rather be an alpha than a gamma.
 
Well, one Scaliwag down. How many more to go?

While President Cheney and Vice President Rumsfeld was pissing our national treasures away in Iraq for The United Interests of Halliburton, (as Buttboy Bush was partialing out our national surplus,) while we watched our retirement savings and home values being squandered by a deregulated Wall Street bunch of pirates with flag pins on their left lapels, this guy was neck deep in his own hustle.

Never forget these ruthless politicians and their types. Yeah, your kneejerk reaction is to think Republican as that is the nature of the GOP beast. But they are ALL crooks IMO. Democrats too. I don't trust any of them.
 
Honest politicians never get elected

Honest politicians never get elected or even close.

I ran TWICE in the last year on Total Transparency. And came in dead last both times.

All elections are rigged by the powers that be so only their candidates stand a chance.

My plan was to video everything and post it on youtube.

Nope not one politician would stand up to an audit by WatchDogs / WhistleBlowers with a camcorder. They are all bad.

Name one good one and I'll come do a video audit. Bet you won't find ONE.
 
Well, one Scaliwag down. How many more to go?

While President Cheney and Vice President Rumsfeld was pissing our national treasures away in Iraq for The United Interests of Halliburton, (as Buttboy Bush was partialing out our national surplus,) while we watched our retirement savings and home values being squandered by a deregulated Wall Street bunch of pirates with flag pins on their left lapels, this guy was neck deep in his own hustle.

Never forget these ruthless politicians and their types. Yeah, your kneejerk reaction is to think Republican as that is the nature of the GOP beast. But they are ALL crooks IMO. Democrats too. I don't trust any of them.

Yeah, the flag pins are de riguere. I remember Obama didn't wear one during his first presidential campaign and the rightwing noise machine went wild. I wish he had resisted their idiotic attack and refused to wear one, ever.

I'm have tempted to have a rule -- never to vote for any politician who has to be reminded he's in the US by wearing a flag pin.

I also think there's some kind of law: the more assiduous the politician is about wearing his flag pin, the more likely it is that he's a crook.
 
Yeah, the flag pins are de riguere. I remember Obama didn't wear one during his first presidential campaign and the rightwing noise machine went wild. I wish he had resisted their idiotic attack and refused to wear one, ever.

I'm have tempted to have a rule -- never to vote for any politician who has to be reminded he's in the US by wearing a flag pin.

I also think there's some kind of law: the more assiduous the politician is about wearing his flag pin, the more likely it is that he's a crook.

 
Re: Honest politicians never get elected

Honest politicians never get elected or even close.

I ran TWICE in the last year on Total Transparency. And came in dead last both times.

All elections are rigged by the powers that be so only their candidates stand a chance.

My plan was to video everything and post it on youtube.

Nope not one politician would stand up to an audit by WatchDogs / WhistleBlowers with a camcorder. They are all bad.

Name one good one and I'll come do a video audit. Bet you won't find ONE.

Bernie Sanders
 
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