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A Republican former congressman from Texas has been convicted of fraud after funneling $1.25 million from donors into personal expenses as part of what prosecutors have described as a white collar crime spree.
A jury in federal court in Houston ruled Thursday afternoon that former GOP lawmaker Steve Stockman (Texas) is guilty of all but one of the 24 felonies he was charged with last March.
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When he was in Congress, Stockman, a staunch conservative, gained notoriety for threatening to seek the impeachment of then-President Barack Obama if he tried to implement gun control regulations through executive action.
https://politicaldig.com/texas-republican-taken-from-court-to-prison-after-being-convicted-in-23-felonies/
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)So let's just say the judge is lenient and gives him only a tenth of that. That would be 46 years in prison. I do not think he is getting out.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Convicted felon...total gun control for him!!
madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)He was cuffed and remanded into custody immediately after the guilty verdict was read. He has been deemed a flight risk. He was originally arrested at an airport trying to board an international flight before the trial.
madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)He was trying to escape to the UAE, and he had previously (per Rachel Maddow) tried to get Eliot Broidy (of all people?) to help him get appointed ambassador to the Emirates, said he had a lot of friends there.
(The Rachel segment was last night-- mentioned also that Broidy had tried to negotiate a $75 million deal with a Malaysian guy caught up in that scandal to get the charges dropped here in the US.... Broidy. Hmm. Where did he get enough power in Trump administration to even promise that sort of influence? hmm... taking the blame for Trump's refusal to use a condom...?)
Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)a lot of hangers-on claiming they can get things done for a fee because they know him. Which is what Cohen was doing.
RainCaster
(10,952 posts)Those Repugs cover for each other, but eventually it catches up to them.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)calimary
(81,593 posts)for him to qualify for a trump pardon.
Wounded Bear
(58,773 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,500 posts)....... ........
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)I don't think he'll be getting a pardon because according to MADDOW he may be tied to the SC counterintelligence investigation
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,429 posts)Kind of like Donald Trump
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Why do they all have fat, bloated faces and dead eyes? Just wondering.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Dead eyes is definitely a big part of it. Their eyes don't smile when their mouth does.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)getting so big! Pretty soon, his neck will completely disappear. Looks as though his head sits on his shoulders now, with those too big shoulder pads keeping it from sliding right down into his chest. Too bad with "all his wealth!" no decent tailor would have anything to do with him. My sons have bought better fitting suits off the rack at JC Penney. They are not fat slobs, though, so it makes a difference.
yonder
(9,685 posts)Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)thoughts and prayers.
RockRaven
(15,076 posts)you really, REALLY should have pled guilty. Big mistake! SAD!!!
samnsara
(17,658 posts)lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)And he will still have a lot of that money when he gets out.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)He has a federal conviction which means he may be subject to a mandatory minimum sentence, or at best the judge will have sentencing guidelines to go by. Federal time means he will do every single day of his sentence. Hes already in prison now waiting on the judges decision and stealing money under the auspices of a charity will not go well for sympathy.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)louis-t
(23,310 posts)Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)Jimvanhise
(304 posts)He was kept in jail after sentencing because he is considered a flight risk. He apparently knew his number was up as he was originally arrested at an airport preparing to board a flight to Dubai and has been in jail ever since.
C Moon
(12,226 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)Although it took place in Texas.
C Moon
(12,226 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)calimary
(81,593 posts)Thank goodness they nabbed him before he could disappear overseas.
Sucks to be him (one would hope, anyway!). There IS some justice out there.
Ilsa
(61,712 posts)Remain out on bail while he appealed. Rat bastard was remanded pronto!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,476 posts)Politicians have too much and too much power.
HenryWallace
(332 posts)... dogmatic criticism turns out to be simple "projection!"
erronis
(15,460 posts)HenryWallace
(332 posts)Their articulation of the dangers of Government, is in fact what they end up doing when put in positions of responsibility.
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Texas Congressman
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)and a hypocritical ass.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Hassler
(3,396 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)"fraud after funneling $1.25 million from donors into personal expenses as part of what prosecutors have described as a white collar crime spree.
Does that meet the minimum job qualifications for a position in the Trump Administration?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And why do they always seem to be republican?
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)He got caught. A proper Trump Administration official wouldn't have done that.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)degenerates republican values are what's wrong with America
joshdawg
(2,653 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)seeing this douche bucket's campaign signs. They always said, "the taxpayer's best friend". Didn't he also say, "If fetuses could carry guns, they wouldn't get aborted." Hope he gets 800 years.
riversedge
(70,441 posts)Bengus81
(6,937 posts)This asshat is as guilty as a bank robber or a person running scams and frauds on peeps.
SWBTATTReg
(22,201 posts)here's for hoping that a nice summer present from Mueller will happen, and happen soon!
malaise
(269,278 posts)please Steve
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)sakabatou
(42,202 posts)DFW
(54,502 posts)And its voters would LOVE to send their piece of trash, Pete Sessions, to accompany Stockman wherever he ends up. Maybe even cellmates!
D23MIURG23
(2,851 posts)onenote
(42,829 posts)Cha
(298,017 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)benld74
(9,911 posts)El Shaman
(583 posts)Steve 'smokescreen' Stockman.
ecstatic
(32,782 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)spanone
(135,924 posts)catrose
(5,079 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)DemoHack
(90 posts)Enjoy prison, Steve.
red dog 1
(27,913 posts)Too bad Shitler will likely never be convicted of anything