They have got to be joking. After eight years of Billy-Bob Clinton ?
Traficant is just a traditional small-time crook. Personally, I would let him off with probation, on the condition that he gets an on-air job as a political commentator with one of the big networks. He is immensly entertaining.
As one jurist said "We convicted him because he showed disrespect for the judge."
Imagine that. Guilty because you didn't bow down to the federal judge. God help us.