Donald Trump and James A. Traficant, Jr.–Soulmates?
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Consider This By JD ^
| 10 August 2015
It wasn’t obvious at first, but then it dawned on me. Donald
Trump and James A. Traficant, Jr., though they may be different in one sense, are very much alike. In case you don’t recall, Traficant was a Congressman from Youngstown, Ohio, who was expelled from the House in 2002. (SNIP) Trump can afford to hire a battalion of America’s best attorneys. Traficant represented himself in 1987 in a tax evasion case. And won. Trump is always dressed to the nines. Traficant always looked like he just walked out of a thrift store. Standard garb was cowboy boots, skinny ties...
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James Traficant, convicted ex-congressman, dies
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Yahoo News ^
| 9-27-2014 | Mark Gillispie
James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. He was 73.
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Ex-congressman James Traficant dies
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The Washington Post ^
| September 27, 2014 | Washington Post
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Former Ohio Rep. Traficant critically injured in tractor accident
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NY Daily News ^
| 9/24 | AP
Former U.S. Rep. James Traficant Jr., who spent time in prison on corruption and racketeering charges, has been critically injured in a tractor accident at his northeast Ohio home. Traficant’s
wife, Tish, told The (Youngstown) Vindicator that the 73-year-old former congressman was in “very critical condition” on Wednesday following the Tuesday night accident on his family farm in Greenford.
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