NEW YORK — Former Rep. Vito Fossella pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in a Virginia court on Monday, the day a jury trial was to begin in the case that ruined his political career. The former congressman said he was moved in part by last week's drunken-driving accident that killed a Los Angeles Angels pitcher.
Attorneys for the Staten Island Republican _ whose May 1 arrest led to revelations he had fathered a child from an extramarital affair _ had...
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