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To: Round Earther

Do a google search. You will find your answers.
Here is just 1 example:

Frederic B. Ingram – Heir from Tennessee, convicted of bribing government officials in Illinois in 1977; jailed for 16 months.[30] His sentence was commuted by Carter in December 1980.


131 posted on 08/14/2023 7:48:03 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like DeSantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people.)
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To: entropy12

“Frederic B. Ingram – Heir from Tennessee, convicted of bribing government officials in Illinois in 1977; jailed for 16 months. His sentence was commuted by Carter in December 1980.”

It would appear that Mr. Ingram was convicted in a federal court.

“A federal trial on charges surrounding an alleged $1.3 million in bribes paid to win contracts to haul Chicago’s sewage ended today with the convictions of a prominent Southern businessman and four other persons.”

“The Southerner is Frederic B. (Fritz) Ingram, 43,”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/11/09/5-convicted-in-chicago-sewage-contract-bribe-scheme/b9ee767c-2062-4267-b66a-a365320fd624/


149 posted on 08/14/2023 8:02:42 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: entropy12
Frederic B. Ingram – Heir from Tennessee, convicted of bribing government officials in Illinois in 1977; jailed for 16 months.[30] His sentence was commuted by Carter in December 1980.

Ingram was convicted on federal charges in federal court and sent to federal prison.

Federal Jury Convicts 5 in Chicago Sludge Trial

295 posted on 08/15/2023 3:21:05 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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