"I want you to disregard all that the opposing council has said," Congressman Jim Traficant told colleagues then sitting in judgment on the House Ethi...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An elections board in Ohio says a former congressman who served time in federal prison has enough valid signatures to run aga...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WARREN, Ohio — A convicted former congressman from Ohio has won more time to prove he collected enough petition signatures to run for Congress N...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he c...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Former Ohio U.S. Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison beca...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WARREN, Ohio — James A. Traficant Jr., who served nearly two decades in Congress and seven years in prison for corruption, filed petitions Monda...
Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011
Politicians have always been an ethically challenged bunch. It's gotten to be a competition to see who can shock America the most with their depraved behavior.
AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.25.2011
CLEVELAND — A deadline to run in Ohio's congressional Democratic primary came and went with no word from U.S. Rep. James Traficant, a former con...
AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.25.2011
CLEVELAND — Former Rep. James Traficant, who was recently released from prison after serving seven years for corruption, said Thursday that he i...
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011
Former Ohio representative James A. Traficant Jr. was released from prison on Wednesday after serving seven years for bribery, racketeering and fraud....
Daniel Denvir | Posted 05.25.2011