How shocking. Rest in peace, Mr. Traficant.
The Rat Party feared him...so they crushed him!
Looks like “Scotty” finally “Beemed” him “Up”!
RIP to Sheriff Jim.
Loved watching his speeches on CSPAN as a teenager in the 90s.
RIP
I’ll bet everyone in his family has lots of stamps. Probably haven’t had to buy any for years.
A corrupt sleazebag politician bites the dust. Why is it a breaking news?
He had one weird head of hair.
James Traficant
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James Traficant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio’s 17th district
In office
January 3, 1985 – July 24, 2002
Preceded by
Lyle Williams
Succeeded by
Tim Ryan
Personal details
Born
James Anthony Traficant, Jr.
May 8, 1941
Youngstown, Ohio
Died
September 27, 2014 (aged 73)
Poland, Ohio
Political party
Democratic (1981–2010)
Independent (2010–2014)
Spouse(s)
Patricia “Tish” Choppa Traficant
Religion
Roman Catholic
James Anthony Traficant, Jr. (May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was a Democratic, and later independent, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. He was expelled after being convicted of taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and houseboat in Washington, D.C..[1] He was sentenced to prison and released on September 2, 2009, after serving a seven-year sentence.
2010 run for Congress[edit]
In September 2010, Traficant was certified to run for the same seat he held before his expulsion, and said that his platform would be to repeal the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[29] Traficant lost the election to his former aide Tim Ryan, to whom he lost an earlier race in 2002, in which Traficant ran as an independent from his prison cell.[21] Traficant received 30,556 votes, or 16%.
Post-prison life[edit]
After his release from prison, he was featured as a guest speaker at a Tea Party protest in Columbiana, Ohio, among other events affiliated with conservatism.[30][31]
Traficant began a grassroots campaign in July 2014, “Project Freedom USA”,[32] to, among other things, put people pressure on Congress to get rid of the IRS and “divorce” the Federal Reserve.[33
Scotty finally beamed him up.
R.I.P. James.
Oh no. My favorite democrat, one of the few I’d wizz on if they were on fire, most of the rest are family members, I hate democrats.
He started off as a typical labor union rat after unseating RINO Lyle Williams in 1984 but became increasingly conservative in the 90’s, perhaps starting to vote his conscience. With only 221 Republicans in the House he voted for Hastert as Speaker in 2001, which was met with cheers by the Republican members and caused the rats to strip him of his committee assignments.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4049062/traficant-votese-hastert-jan-3-2001
I can’t tell you the last time prior that someone crossed party lines in the Speaker vote, it’s simply not done in the US House, much more frequent occurrence in state legislatures.
I’d have voted “no” on expelling him on those piddling charges while real criminals remained in the House.
He’s dead Jim. Beamed up to heaven.
I really liked Mr Traficant and also liked Zell Miller..Two true democrats not communist trash democrats..
RIP, Mr Traficant.
His hair will live forever!
Beam him up, Lord, he did his job.
He was finally beamed up! May GOD have mercy on his soul.
His beaming up leaves us the poorer. I miss that jackanapes already.
One of the last semi honest Democrats.
I was concerned this would be the outcome when I read he was in a serious tractor accident. Those usually don’t end well. RIP.