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In 2017, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D, MD) introduced S. 1588, the Democracy Restoration Act of 2017 to Congress. [30] Felony disenfranchisement reforms between 1997 and 2018 have resulted in 1.4 million Americans regaining voting rights. [31]
Joseph R. Burton Senator (R-KS) was convicted of accepting a $2,500 (equivalent to $84,778 in 2023) bribe (1904). [9] John Hipple Mitchell Senator (R-OR) was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator (1905). [10]
State Senator Sam McCann (R) pled guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion for using more than $200,000 from his campaign fund for his own personal use. (2024) [48] [49] State Representative Luis Arroyo (D) convicted of fraud. (2022) [50] State Senator Tom Cullerton (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2022) [51]
Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a member of Congress. [1] The United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2) provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member."
Disgraced New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez will resign from his seat, effective August 20, following his 16-felony count conviction.. On Tuesday, Menendez, 70, entered his resignation letter into ...
This is a list of lists of American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office. The lists are broken by decades. The lists are broken by decades.
Under Florida law, if a voter has an out-of-state conviction, Florida will defer to that state’s laws for how a felon can regain his or her voting rights. For Trump, that means he will benefit ...
CNN asked convicted felons about their struggles, their hopes and how they feel about President-elect Donald Trump, who will return to the White House after being convicted of 34 felony charges.