Rep. James Traficant found guilty of violating conressional ethics
WAP2002071855 - WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) - Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, speaks to a House Ethics subcommittee after the panel found him guilty of violating congressional ethics rules by taking kickbacks and bribes and evading taxes. The committee weighed the fate of convicted Rep.Traficant, considering whether to recommend that the House make the flamboyant Ohio Democrat the second congressman expelled since the Civil War. cc/cc/Chris Corder UPI
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