Feds say it's time for former Rep. Collins to report to prison

[brooklynite]

Source: Roll Call

Former Rep. Chris Collins wants to delay his prison report date for a fifth time because of COVID-19 concerns, but prosecutors say it’s time he gets behind bars at FPC Pensacola.

It has been over a year since Collins pleaded guilty and nearly nine months since he was sentenced to 26 months in prison for insider trading and lying to the FBI.

Lawyers for the New York Republican argued, in an Oct. 1 emergency motion, to delay his report date because the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage. They say Collins should be able to delay his prison start date to Dec. 8, instead of the scheduled Oct. 13 report date, or alternatively serve his sentence in home confinement.

Collins’ lawyer, Jonathan New, cited health experts, including Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has warned the United States will face challenges as flu season approaches.



Read more: https://www.rollcall.com/2020/10/09/feds-say-its-time-for-former-rep-collins-to-report-to-prison/

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

1. damn. you got my hopes up.

thought for a sec you meant susan.

[Rebl2]

2. Uhh not a

good excuse. Nobody else gets to use that excuse and neither should he.

[Snoopy 7]

3. expected

This my friends is what you call "expected privileged" it's like the sports player that is so good that they don't attend school and still pass. This law breaker, Chris Collins, has been so privileged his hole live that he doesn't think that the rules apply to him. He will use his influence to not see the inside of the cell and if he does he EXPECTS trump to pardon him. So who is the real crook the white collar criminal or the petty crook? Answer: they both are but it's the petty crook that will see the inside of a cell.

[whistler162]

4. He should be allowed to serve

the sentence close to home.... Attica or Auburn would be fine.