Texas Republican Who Pushed To Impeach Obama Just Got Jailed After Being Convicted Of 23 Felonies

[USALiberal]

A Republican former congressman from Texas has been convicted of fraud after funneling $1.25 million from donors into personal 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 former GOP lawmaker Steve Stockman (Texas) is guilty of all but one of the 24 felonies he was charged with last March.

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When he was in Congress, Stockman, a staunch conservative, gained notoriety for threatening to seek the impeachment of then-President Barack Obama if he tried to implement gun control regulations through executive action.

https://politicaldig.com/texas-republican-taken-from-court-to-prison-after-being-convicted-in-23-felonies/

[ProudLib72]

1. The article says he could face 20 years for each conviction

So let's just say the judge is lenient and gives him only a tenth of that. That would be 46 years in prison. I do not think he is getting out.

[GulfCoast66]

2. And think if he does...

Convicted felon...total gun control for him!!

[madinmaryland]

6. They're going to come and grab all of his guns !! 😂

[Mr.Bill]

14. They grabbed him instead.

He was cuffed and remanded into custody immediately after the guilty verdict was read. He has been deemed a flight risk. He was originally arrested at an airport trying to board an international flight before the trial.

[madinmaryland]

25. Good!! Locked Him Up! Throw the key away.

[bearsfootball516]

37. Would LOVE to see a video of that if it's available. I'll have to look.

[dawg day]

43. To the Emirates....

He was trying to escape to the UAE, and he had previously (per Rachel Maddow) tried to get Eliot Broidy (of all people?) to help him get appointed ambassador to the Emirates, said he had a lot of friends there.

(The Rachel segment was last night-- mentioned also that Broidy had tried to negotiate a $75 million deal with a Malaysian guy caught up in that scandal to get the charges dropped here in the US.... Broidy. Hmm. Where did he get enough power in Trump administration to even promise that sort of influence? hmm... taking the blame for Trump's refusal to use a condom...?)

[Mr.Bill]

51. I would imagine Trump has

a lot of hangers-on claiming they can get things done for a fee because they know him. Which is what Cohen was doing.

[RainCaster]

67. Trump can't use a condom, he is too small for it to stay on

Those Repugs cover for each other, but eventually it catches up to them.

[olegramps]

22. No worry. Trump will pardon him. The both hate share their hatred of Obama. Racist pigs.

[calimary]

29. Indeed. I figure that his pushing to impeach President Obama is enough, by itself,

for him to qualify for a trump pardon.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Watch him line up for his Trump pardon...

[workinclasszero]

9. No doubt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

57. All he needs to do is claim bone spurs.

....... ........

[underthematrix]

4. KARMA

I don't think he'll be getting a pardon because according to MADDOW he may be tied to the SC counterintelligence investigation

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Not a very healthy looking guy

Kind of like Donald Trump

[smirkymonkey]

32. I know. Why do all republicans look like that?

Why do they all have fat, bloated faces and dead eyes? Just wondering.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

61. I always notice a similar look amongst pukes

Dead eyes is definitely a big part of it. Their eyes don't smile when their mouth does.

[Scarsdale]

66. tRump's head is

getting so big! Pretty soon, his neck will completely disappear. Looks as though his head sits on his shoulders now, with those too big shoulder pads keeping it from sliding right down into his chest. Too bad with "all his wealth!" no decent tailor would have anything to do with him. My sons have bought better fitting suits off the rack at JC Penney. They are not fat slobs, though, so it makes a difference.

[yonder]

42. looks like he's a heart attack waiting to happen.

[Turbineguy]

52. Sending

thoughts and prayers.

[RockRaven]

7. If you get convicted on 23 of 24 counts, it means

you really, REALLY should have pled guilty. Big mistake! SAD!!!

[samnsara]

8. dont these yahoos have full length mirrors?

[lpbk2713]

10. My guess ... Three years max in a country club prison.

And he will still have a lot of that money when he gets out.

[Major Nikon]

58. Probably not

He has a federal conviction which means he may be subject to a mandatory minimum sentence, or at best the judge will have sentencing guidelines to go by. Federal time means he will do every single day of his sentence. He’s already in prison now waiting on the judges decision and stealing money under the auspices of a charity will not go well for sympathy.

[Soxfan58]

11. ...

[louis-t]

12. HAAAAAHAHAHA!!!!

[Demsrule86]

13. That makes me so happy. I hate this guy.

[Jimvanhise]

15. FLIGHT RISK

He was kept in jail after sentencing because he is considered a flight risk. He apparently knew his number was up as he was originally arrested at an airport preparing to board a flight to Dubai and has been in jail ever since.

[C Moon]

18. Awesome! I finally have some faith in the Texas legal system.

[Mr.Bill]

27. This was federal court.

Although it took place in Texas.

[C Moon]

38. Oh. Okay. Thanks.

[lunatica]

19. He shoulda climbed over Trumps wall going in the other direction

[calimary]

31. Welcome to DU, Jimvanhise!

Thank goodness they nabbed him before he could disappear overseas.

Sucks to be him (one would hope, anyway!). There IS some justice out there.

[Ilsa]

16. Unlike Tom DeLay, they would not let him

Remain out on bail while he appealed. Rat bastard was remanded pronto!

[Wellstone ruled]

44. Oh how you nailed it!!!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

17. The lust for power, arrogance, sense of entitlement is always startling

Politicians have too much and too much power.

[HenryWallace]

20. Odd how often....

... dogmatic criticism turns out to be simple "projection!"

[erronis]

24. We've been seeing a lot of examples of this recently. What a role model we have in the POTUS!

[HenryWallace]

70. It's a more general criticism of Conservatism.

Their articulation of the dangers of Government, is in fact what they end up doing when put in positions of responsibility.

[BlueJac]

21. It figures...

Texas Congressman

[Kurt V.]

23. he is a reoccurring historical event.

and a hypocritical ass.

[Pepsidog]

26. Loudmouth scumbag. Hope he rots in prison

[Hassler]

28. Couldn't happen to a bigger douchebag. Except for Dick Armey.

[TheRealNorth]

30. Just wondering....

"fraud after funneling $1.25 million from donors into personal expenses as part of what prosecutors have described as a “white collar crime spree.”

Does that meet the minimum job qualifications for a position in the Trump Administration?

[smirkymonkey]

33. When are people going to wake up and stop electing pigs like this?

And why do they always seem to be republican?

[jmowreader]

62. Nope.

He got caught. A proper Trump Administration official wouldn't have done that.

[Achilleaze]

34. Another republican family values a-hole

degenerates republican values are what's wrong with America

[joshdawg]

35. KARMA!!!

[rownesheck]

36. I remember

seeing this douche bucket's campaign signs. They always said, "the taxpayer's best friend". Didn't he also say, "If fetuses could carry guns, they wouldn't get aborted." Hope he gets 800 years.

[riversedge]

39. 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #neveragain #VotethemOUT

[Bengus81]

40. Yeah well,make the sentence COUNT--none of that golf course prison BS....

This asshat is as guilty as a bank robber or a person running scams and frauds on peeps.

[SWBTATTReg]

41. Maybe what happened to Stockman will happen to RUMP, only worse...

here's for hoping that a nice summer present from Mueller will happen, and happen soon!

[malaise]

45. Save some space for the Con and his goons

please Steve

[USALiberal]

49. +1000! nt

[sakabatou]

46. That's some tasty schadenfreude.

[DFW]

47. There is a certain district in Dallas

And its voters would LOVE to send their piece of trash, Pete Sessions, to accompany Stockman wherever he ends up. Maybe even cellmates!

[D23MIURG23]

48. I hope this peice of garbage dies in prison, and no one comes to visit him. n/t

[onenote]

50. This actually happened six weeks ago

[Cha]

53. Steve Stockman even looks greedy and stupid.

[Honeycombe8]

54. That shows the quality of the anti-Obama Trumper crowd. Crooks. nt

[benld74]

55. Karma

[El Shaman]

56. Oh, that guy:

Steve 'smokescreen' Stockman.

[ecstatic]

59. enjoy prison, loser. nt

[AlexSFCA]

60. let him rot in private prison

[spanone]

63. K&R...

[catrose]

64. Love it

[47of74]

65. Good.

[DemoHack]

68. "MAGA!"

Enjoy prison, Steve.

[red dog 1]

69. Kick

Too bad Shitler will likely never be convicted of anything