Arizona Congressman Renzi Has Charges Added To His Indictment

TUCSON, Ariz. — A racketeering charge and other counts have been added to an indictment against Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi.

The indictment made public Thursday also adds another defendant in the case against Renzi, a three-term Republican who will leave Congress when his term expires.

Renzi was indicted by a federal grand jury in February. He is accused of engineering a swap of federally owned mining land to benefit himself and a former business partner.

Renzi pleaded not guilty to the original charges. His attorney, Reid Weingarten, says the government is "piling on unwarranted charges ... to try to coerce Congressman Renzi into a guilty plea."

Comments

[littlepuffycloud]

Another piece of c r a p from the great state of Arizona.

[Horus45]

Don't dump on Arizona just because a few crooked Republicans live here.

Our Governor Janet Napolitano is a Democrat who has the highest approval ratings of all US Governors.
She was re-elected with 68% of the vote in this very red state and is now being considered by Obama for Attorney General.

[TopProf]

Yes, there are always exceptions, thank goodness for Janet. Janet for Senate in next election. Retire McCain completely from public life.

[xansam]

shock...another crooked GOP member.

[DarthDerisive]

Let it begin....

[Plank]

The GOP has become the party of crooks, criminals, pedophiles and airheads.

[Keith52]

Ohhhh now, now. Let's be fair. Very few of them are airheads....

[fredamae]

not to mention another common thread..."narcissistic personality disorder"!
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx36.htm

[roald]

No political party is immune to this. Some make it easier.

[proudem]

and racists, bigots, sexists and angry old white guys.