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Only high-level federal officials are included in this list. For the executive branch, this means the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members (i.e. officials compensated at Level I of the Executive Schedule). [9] For the legislative branch, this means members of the Congress, whether the Senate or House of Representatives.
This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
Truman Handy Newberry (R-MI) US Senator, was convicted of election irregularities, but the case was overturned by the US Supreme Court. However, due to continued opposition and a senate condemnation vote claiming that $3,750 was too much to spend on an election [ 129 ] [ 130 ] against automaker Henry Ford , he resigned.
Strong allegations. The Ethics Committee report alleged that: From at least 2017 to 2020, Gaetz "regularly" paid women for sex. From 2017 to 2019, Gaetz "used or possessed illegal drugs, including ...
On January 2, 2017, one day before the 115th United States Congress was scheduled to convene for its first session, the House Republican majority voted 119–74 to effectively place the OCE under direct control of the House Ethics Committee, making any subsequent reviews of possible violations of criminal law by Congressional members dependent ...
Here are ways that people can report possible irregularities or violations. More: Police reveal description of suspect, say more ballot box burnings possible Reporting possible civil rights violations
Mismanaging his committee's budget in previous Congress, excessive absenteeism, misuse of public funds. [30] Powell was reelected to the seat for one more term. This exclusion led to a Supreme Court case which held that the exclusion was unconstitutional and that Congress can only exclude members who do not meet the minimum constitutional ...
Biden commuted sentences in several dozen other Pennsylvania cases, including Rafael Cordero, a former Philadelphia police officer convicted of feeding confidential information to his half-brother ...