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Traficant is a hero and the charges against him are bogus. At least 300 members of Congress should be kicked out before him.
His only crime is telling it the way it is.

I give Rep. Traficant Rage's highest praise and honor.


"He is a criminal, how can you defend him?"

Trust me on this one although it won't matter. I never ever, ever supported a Democrat before and this guy needs our support. It's a lie and he's being railroaded for telling the truth. Did you know that this guy was one of the biggest opponent's of the Justice Department? And with the BS Homeland Security coming up they see it's best to not to have somebody around who tells the truth.

Do you want to know what caused this? He was the one who broke the story that the government was sending pilot licenses to Arabs who didn't have a hard address but to PO boxes in Saudi Arabia.

That's his crime.

Originally posted by James_F
That and only taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and on his houseboat in Washington. He is a criminal, how can you defend him?

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Hmmm... Taking bribes, filing false tax returns...

Do you suppose, if true, that he is the only
current member of congress who has done or who
is doing these things? :lol:

What evidence was presented against him at the trial?

Racketeering...

That's a pretty vague charge. What does it mean?
What evidence was presented against him at the trial?

forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio
and on his houseboat in Washington...

That's the most sensational charge yet! Do you mean
to say that he actually held his employees against their
will, and physically forced them to perform chores?
Horrors! What kind of chores?
Did he also stop paying them? Were they possibly free
to leave whenever they chose to?

He has been convicted in Ohio, supposedly by a jury of
his peers, of who knows what all. It all sounds kind of
fishy to me. What is he saying in his own defense?

:shrug: