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Title: Traficant: Government ‘had to cheat to convict me’ Source: [None] URL Source: [None] Published: Sep 7, 2009 Author: Raw Story Post Date: 2009-09-07 22:08:21 by christine Keywords: NoneViews: 179 Comments: 7
Former Democratic House Rep. Jim Traficant, recently freed after a seven-year stint in prison, told supporters that the government “had to cheat” to secure a conviction in his 2002 corruption trial. “The powerful enemies that I have — I’ll just say this to you: they had to cheat to convict me,” Traficant, who represented Ohio’s 17th congressional district until his conviction, told an audience in Boardman, Ohio. He was released from prison on September 2, after serving a seven-year sentence on charges of racketeering, taking bribes and filing false tax statements. Traficant told the crowd he would make “significant statements” on Fox News’ On the Record with Greta van Susteren this coming Friday. In a speech sprinkled liberally with populist declarations — “America must take their government back” — Traficant implied that witnesses in his 2002 trial were pressured by the government to testify against him. He claimed that, in one case, a potential witness was told his parents would be deported to Nigeria if he didn’t testify. The individual, whom Traficant did not name, refused to testify and was deported to Nigeria himself, according to Traficant. He said authorities were intent on convicting him because of his 1983 trial on corruption charges, in which he defended himself and said his bribery and racketeering activities were part of a sting operation. He was acquitted of the 1983 charges. “They couldn’t live with that 1983 verdict,” he said. According to the northeast Ohio newspaper The Vindicator, 1,200 people showed up to a banquet hall to hear Traficant’s speech. The Associated Press reports that Traficant said he would continue to fight for John Demjanjuk, the Ohio resident who was recently deported to Germany to face war crimes charges. Holocaust survivors have identified Demjanjuk as “Ivan the Terrible,” a Nazi concentration camp guard. The following video, of Traficant’s remarks in Boardman, Ohio, was uploaded to YouTube on Sept. 7, 2009:
Former Democratic House Rep. Jim Traficant, recently freed after a seven-year stint in prison, told supporters that the government “had to cheat” to secure a conviction in his 2002 corruption trial.
“The powerful enemies that I have — I’ll just say this to you: they had to cheat to convict me,” Traficant, who represented Ohio’s 17th congressional district until his conviction, told an audience in Boardman, Ohio.
He was released from prison on September 2, after serving a seven-year sentence on charges of racketeering, taking bribes and filing false tax statements.
Traficant told the crowd he would make “significant statements” on Fox News’ On the Record with Greta van Susteren this coming Friday.
In a speech sprinkled liberally with populist declarations — “America must take their government back” — Traficant implied that witnesses in his 2002 trial were pressured by the government to testify against him. He claimed that, in one case, a potential witness was told his parents would be deported to Nigeria if he didn’t testify. The individual, whom Traficant did not name, refused to testify and was deported to Nigeria himself, according to Traficant.
He said authorities were intent on convicting him because of his 1983 trial on corruption charges, in which he defended himself and said his bribery and racketeering activities were part of a sting operation. He was acquitted of the 1983 charges.
“They couldn’t live with that 1983 verdict,” he said.
According to the northeast Ohio newspaper The Vindicator, 1,200 people showed up to a banquet hall to hear Traficant’s speech.
The Associated Press reports that Traficant said he would continue to fight for John Demjanjuk, the Ohio resident who was recently deported to Germany to face war crimes charges. Holocaust survivors have identified Demjanjuk as “Ivan the Terrible,” a Nazi concentration camp guard.
The following video, of Traficant’s remarks in Boardman, Ohio, was uploaded to YouTube on Sept. 7, 2009:
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#3. To: Brian S (#0) you'll have to tune into FoxNews for this one. ;) christine posted on 2009-09-07 22:30:06 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply #4. To: christine (#3) You have to love this man.. bad hair and all.. LOL Refinersfire posted on 2009-09-07 23:59:56 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply #5. To: Refinersfire (#4) Good lord, will someone please buy that poor guy an actual toupee? Or a wig? Or something? Or, maybe he should just go for the chrome-dome look. Something, anything. Jeez. You know, I live in an area with a lot of marmots. Poor, homeless marmots, with no job prospects or way to make a living for themselves. You'd think maybe Jim could give one a job as his new headpiece? Elliott Jackalope posted on 2009-09-08 1:19:06 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply Replies to Comment # 5. There are no replies to Comment # 5. End Trace Mode for Comment # 5. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
you'll have to tune into FoxNews for this one. ;)
christine posted on 2009-09-07 22:30:06 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
You have to love this man.. bad hair and all.. LOL
Refinersfire posted on 2009-09-07 23:59:56 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
Good lord, will someone please buy that poor guy an actual toupee? Or a wig? Or something? Or, maybe he should just go for the chrome-dome look. Something, anything. Jeez. You know, I live in an area with a lot of marmots. Poor, homeless marmots, with no job prospects or way to make a living for themselves. You'd think maybe Jim could give one a job as his new headpiece?
You know, I live in an area with a lot of marmots. Poor, homeless marmots, with no job prospects or way to make a living for themselves. You'd think maybe Jim could give one a job as his new headpiece?
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