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John1956PA

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3. One congressman took the $. When arrested, he said he had done so to conduct his own investigation.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2018, 11:04 AM

May 2018

That congressman must have been Kelly as referred to in your OP.

At a subsequent press conference, a reporter asked him if he planned on mounting an insanity defense. The congressman replied (apparently snarkily) that such a defense might be a good idea.

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Remember ABSCAM? Seven members of Congress bagged in one FBI operation [View all] jberryhill May 2018 OP

Yes, I remember ABSCAM... malthaussen May 2018 #1

This is gold jberryhill May 2018 #2

But remember, he wriggled out... malthaussen May 2018 #4

Well, he was trying to get money for businesses in his district jberryhill May 2018 #5

Yep, that's what they said. malthaussen May 2018 #6

One congressman took the $. When arrested, he said he had done so to conduct his own investigation. John1956PA May 2018 #3