Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session, we're talking about the decades-long scandals of Democrat Congressman from Youngstown, Ohio Jim Traficant (or Traffic Cone, we accept both). Traficant would be the fifth - but not the most recent - member of Congress to be expelled.
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Sources:
https://newrepublic.com/article/68973/crimetown-usa
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Summary-of-Charges-Against-Traficant-7124619.php
https://www.cleveland19.com/story/740801/timeline-of-us-rep-james-a-traficant-jrs-political-life/
https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/james-traficant-dies-73-111373
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-james-traficant-20140928-story.html
https://www.c-span.org/video/?156047-1/politics-house-representatives
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections00.pdf
https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2014/09/juror-remembers-oddities-of-traficant-trial/
https://www.wdtn.com/news/crime/60-years-ago-this-ohio-city-was-named-crimetown-usa/
https://data.census.gov/profile/Youngstown_city,_Ohio?g=160XX00US3988000
https://beltmag.com/40th-anniversary-youngstowns-black-monday-oral-history/
https://www.wkbn.com/sports/before-his-political-career-traficant-starred-at-pitt/
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