Posted on 07/26/2005 2:39:30 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
Former state Rep. Loren Jennings, accused of using his office to financially benefit a firm in which he had a financial stake, was convicted Tuesday of two counts of mail fraud and one count of money laundering by a federal court jury in St. Paul.
A federal court jury in St. Paul acquitted him of four other charges following a nine-day trial. No date has been set for his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle.
Jennings, 54, of Harris, declined to comment as he left court after the verdicts Tuesday afternoon. But defense attorney Doug Kelley said Jennings will appeal his convictions.
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When I saw it come up on the sidebar, I said to myself - huh, no mention of party affiliation. Must be a Democrat. Read the story, got to your comments and grinned - it is always the case, isn't it?
If he had been a Rep., this fact would have been splattered all over the media.
BTW, here's a switch: "He's guilty until proven innocent."
more often than not (about 98% of the time)
here in MN we call it "dumb f@%!^&&# liberals"
I agree...
But what do you call the dumbasses that elect DFLs?
Semper Fi
we call them blue county dwellers: inner city Hennepin county and inner city Ramsey county.
You neglect that "Rep." is, in fact, already in the title - as in representative.
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