[billhilly]

Traficant has made a career of bribery, payoffs, intimidation, and general thuggery. Why should anyone believe that he is incapable of paying a juror to change his mind?

[unixfox]

Traficant has made a career of bribery, payoffs, intimidation, and general thuggery.

I would guess that almost all of our senators and congress have done the same.

[staytrue]

Traficant's employees said he made them give kickbacks from their salaries and do unpaid work on his farm and boat. Local contractors said they gave Traficant bribes in exchange for assistance.

The unpaid work charge is a crock. Virtually all the congressmen have their staff do other "volunteer" work for them. As far as bribery goes, geez, they are all taking campaign donations in exchange for "assistance" Clinton said "his administration never took any action SOLELY based on a campaign contribution" or in plain english, campaign donations had a lot of influence but there were always other considerations in the decision. It may have been 1% other considerations and 99% cash, but in Clinton's view, that is not bribery.

[BJungNan]

Traficant has made a career of bribery, payoffs, intimidation, and general thuggery. Why should anyone believe that he is incapable of paying a juror to change his mind?

That is absolute BS! This is a board for thoughtful debate. Back up that statement.

[capt. norm]

"Traficant has made a career of bribery, payoffs, intimidation, and general thuggery."

That, alone should have qualified him as the epitome of Democrats. He just didn't have a "hit squad" like Clinton did, to cover this tracks and cause a few "Arkancides" (Vince Foster style).