Posted on 02/17/2006 6:07:49 PM PST by SmithL
SAN DIEGO -- Prosecutors have recommended that disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham receive a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for his "stunning betrayal of the public trust," according to a sentencing memorandum filed Friday.
"Cunningham used his status as a war hero to get into Congress, and then he used his Congressional office to get rich," prosecutors wrote in the 35-page memorandum. "For the better part of a decade, Cunningham, in effect, erected a 'for sale' sign upon our nation's capital."
Cunningham, 64, resigned from Congress last year after pleading guilty to accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors and others in exchange for defense contracts and other favors. The former "Top Gun" flight instructor and Vietnam War flying ace is scheduled to be sentenced March 3 in U.S. District Court in San Diego.
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Sad but OK, He was the real deal, a big time crooked politician.
My God he went down for 140K ??
Can't say I'm sad about it, just disappointed.
Just saw him on a documentary about dogfighting in Korea and Vietnam, back when his name was still good. Sad case but he earned the maximum sentence. I hope he still has enough left of his old sense of duty to come clean on it all. Come on, Duke, notch up another five Congresscritters.
And Sandy Burgler got what?
I hope the judge lands on him like a DI lands on a Marine Recruit stepping off the bus. Cut no slack, give no quarter.
we got to stop the madness with the war hero, sports figure thing...
he gets ten years for money, but sex offenders get 6 weeks for ruining lives...go figure
I don't know the total misdeeds he was involved with and the prosecutors may not either.
But if this does go down and he gets 10 years then it maybe the beginning of the end of just a slap on the wrist for the politicians and corporate leaders who misuse the public and employee trust.
Yeah. I hope he gets the max sentence, thought -- it might help put fear into others in congress.
But .. those of us in SD - know the person he used to be and he was not a "big time crook".
Where did you get that number. From this story, "accepting $2.4 million in bribes"
You know, I almost agreed with you, then ----
The Colonel took two Oaths of Office:
1.When he was sworn in as an Officer in the Service of USA.
2.When he was sworn in as a Member of Congress.
Each Oath was sacred. He forgot the 2nd Oath for personal gain.
He knew.
If you do the crime you can do the time.
Cunningham went from hero to disgusting. Now we need to get the lot of remaining congressional crooks!!!
He is both a crook and a fool and deserves what he gets. I hope he can share a cell with Congressman William Jefferson (D-La.)
But he didn't sell to just one person. He was more like a time share - he sold himself multiple times.
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