Former Texas congressman Steve Stockman found guilty of 23 felonies

[brooklynite]

Source: Texas Tribune

Steve Stockman, a Republican former congressman from Texas, has been convicted of defrauding two conservative mega-donors and funneling their $1.25 million into personal and campaign expenses as part of what prosecutors have described as a “white collar crime spree.”

A jury in federal court in Houston ruled Thursday afternoon that Stockman is guilty of all but one of the 24 felonies he was charged with last March. After about 16 hours of deliberations over three days, the 12-person panel only declined to convict on one of four counts of wire fraud.

Stockman will appeal the verdict, his defense team said.

“Mr. Stockman is keeping his head up and we're looking forward to getting through to the next stage of this," defense attorney Sean Buckley said.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/12/texas-congressman-steve-stockman-found-guilty-felony-charges/

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Good to hear; when you keep your head up, the mug shot comes out better...

[TygrBright]

1. GOP motto: Grifters gonna grift! n/t

[Hassler]

2. Bwahahahaha...too bad they couldn't do a two-fer and convict Dick Armey.

[Stuart G]

3. Wait, this isn't "accused"..This one is, "found guilty of 23 felonies" by a jury...

Say it ain't so...How could that happen...??? He is such a good boy...!!..

Oh...??.........GOOD FOR NOTHING

[leftynyc]

4. This is the pig who brought

Ted Nugent to the State of the Union. Hope he dies in a cage.

[leftieNanner]

14. Ohh yeah.

And with a continuous loop of Cat Scratch Fever on speakers on the OUTSIDE of the bars.

I used to be such a nice person.....

[leftynyc]

18. I remember being kinder also

My sister had acid reflux diagnosed recently - she blames trump. Her doctor told her his diagnoses of shingles has gone up a tremendous amount since the election - I've had them for decades and flareups are from stress. He is literally making our country sick in body and spirit.

[Stallion]

5. LOCK HIM UP!!!

a particularly loathsome Republican

Secessionist, fringe right loyalist and Tea party darling

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2014/02/if-secession-is-good-enough-for.html

[marble falls]

6. He shouldn't have tried to ebow past Cornyn. Ever notice if there's ever a picture of cheetolini...

with someone from the Congress, Cornyn is ALWAYS one of them?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. We take you now to his ex-spokesman, Donny Ferguson:

https://twitter.com/DonnyFerguson

[Aristus]

8. Another feather in the cap of the 'law and order' party...

[UpInArms]

9. GOP Grifting Old Perverts

n/t

[hibbing]

10. A scammer scamming other scammers n/t

[magicarpet]

11. Elbowing your way to the front of the line....

.... so you can be the biggest and ultimately head grifter of them all. The measure of success is determined only by the thickness of your wallet.

The shyster of all shysters is the wisest man among us and is very richly rewarded for being leader of the pack.

[Dustlawyer]

12. Stockman beat Jack Brooks who was in Congress for a billion years due to gun control.

At the time Stockman was living under a bridge and suffering from mental illness. Sounds like he still suffers from something!

[bluecollar2]

13. A white Republican found guilty in Texas?

They're selling mittens in hell...

[not fooled]

19. He stole from rich people

that probably explains why he was prosecuted.

It's OK to steal from everyone else, per the GOPeePee.

[Vogon_Glory]

15. One of the Texas Republican Partys Particularly Obnoxious pols

Time for some schadenfreude! Cue up the Dragnet finale! (Yeah, I’m that old) Lock him up!

[summer_in_TX]

16. Best of all, they took him into immediate custody.

Apparently he's considered a flight risk. His sentencing hearing isn't until August.

[nitpicker]

17. Link to the DoJ PR

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-congressman-convicted-mail-and-wire-fraud-campaign-finance-violations-money

[StevieM]

20. I remember Stockman as a congressman who had ties to the militia movement in the 1990s. (eom)