The Ohio politician whose career included 17 years in Congress and a conviction for bribery has died at age 73. He was critically hurt in a... Ohio's James Traficant Dies, Days After Accident On Farm ...

CLEVELAND -- James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died ...

James A. Traficant Jr., the nine-term Ohio representative who was convicted on corruption charges in 2002, died Saturday at a hosptial in Youngstown, Ohio at the age of 73. The former congressman had ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Former Rep. James Traficant, who was recently released from prison after serving seven years for corruption, said today that he is "proud of being an ex-con" and may try to return ...

Former Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) decision to run for reelection as an independent after being expelled from Congress mirrors a similar incident involving a disgraced lawmaker from more than 20 ...

WASHINGTON -- Confrontational to the end, Rep. James Traficant on Wednesday accused House ethics panel lawyers of lying, the federal government of a vendetta and the jury that convicted him of not ...

(Youngstown, Ohio-AP) January 17, 2006 - A Web site that's been selling paintings by former Ohio Congressman James Traficant says the supply will be drying up. A message on BeamMeUpArt.com says ...

Robert Siegel talks with Janet Babin of member station WCPN in Cleveland about the trial of Ohio Congressman James Traficant on charges of bribery. Traficant has been acting as his own attorney. In ...

A former Ohio congressman who was freed after seven years in federal prison said he was put in jeopardy behind bars because of his views. James Traficant spoke in an interview to be broadcast Thursday ...

U.S. Rep. James Traficant Jr. speaks with reporters Wednesday after leaving federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is being tried on corruption charges. Traficant, acting as his own attorney, ...