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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.
Where the defendant is a member of the United States Congress, the Speech or Debate Clause of Article One of the United States Constitution—providing that: "[F]or any Speech or Debate in either House, [Senators or Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place" [8] —limits the acts which may be charged and the evidence that may ...
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history.
Government review will look at using technology to place criminals in a ‘prison outside prison’
Chia Thye Poh, a former leftist populist Member of Parliament, was arrested without charges and held under detention without trial between 1966 and 1989 under the Internal Security Act for allegedly conducting pro-communist activities against the government, with the intention of causing a communist revolution. 22 years later, he was released ...
More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide in the U.S. or abroad are living outside of immigration in the U.S., according to data ICE provided to Congress.
Danny Rampey (R) State Representative from Statham in House District 119, was newly re-elected when he was arrested and charged with obtaining drugs by misrepresentation or theft, exploiting an elder or disabled adult, burglary, and drug possession. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years.(2022) [38] [39]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its first major piece of legislation of the new Congress, the Laken Riley Act, to mandate immigration officials detain illegal immigrants who ...