[Mr. Bird]

I'm not convinced either of you paid attention to the trial. Let's look at the facts, as opposed to the evidence: Several people, many of them NOT criminals, testified that they engaged in various kickback schemes with Traficant. One, an attorney, stated that he watched Traficant actually burn envelopes in his presence.

The body wire issue was raised at trial, and the FBI has internal documentation that they feared wiring someone would jeopardize the investigation, due to Traficant being somewhat "touchy feely".

This is the same man who laughably claimed he accepted nearly $200k in mob money in a one-man sting operation. When was the last time an Ohio sheriff (JT's job at the time) played Eliot Ness? Needless to say, his constituents (many would say co-conspirators) acquitted him. But...

Caught in that whopper without the cash, Traficant was found guilty of tax evasion.

Listen, I admired a lot of the things the guy said over the years, and particularly enjoyed his bombast when it was aimed at liberals. HOWEVER, the guy is a crook. There is no conspiracy to bring him down, one isn't needed.

[Travis McGee]

Where is the single shred of evidence not based on the testimony of felons and lawyers that the fedgov have by the testicles?

[carenot]

One, an attorney, stated that he watched Traficant actually burn envelopes in his presence.

HeHeee! Is that the burned envelopes they produced as "evidence"?

Dang! I hate it when fingerprints are burned off.

[carenot]

There is no conspiracy to bring him down, one isn't needed.

You didn't watch any of it did you?