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Ex-congressman says he's 'given up on America' after sentenced for 3rd conviction
Fox News ^ | 10 May 2018 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 05/11/2018 4:10:22 AM PDT by Magnatron

A former Democratic congressman from Chicago, heading to prison for the third time, says he has “given up on America” and plans to move to Africa after he serves his latest sentence.

At his sentencing Thursday, Mel Reynolds, 66, got six months in prison for failing to file tax returns on more than $400,000 he received for consulting work.

He also received a scolding from federal Judge Robert Gettleman, who told the Harvard graduate he could recall thinking to himself in the early 1990s that Reynolds had tremendous promise.

“It's a tragedy that you squandered the opportunities you had and the type of person you could have become," Gettleman said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrat; getout; gtfo; haha; loser; melreynolds; reynolds
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To: Magnatron
Take this POS with you Mel:

Baltimore Police Chief Darryl De Sousa Charged With Failing To File Taxes

21 posted on 05/11/2018 5:15:39 AM PDT by blam
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To: Magnatron

Send his pedophile ass away.

America has had more than enough of you too, Mel. GTFO.


22 posted on 05/11/2018 5:16:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: Magnatron

In August 1994, Reynolds was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer that began during the 1992 campaign.[1] Despite the charges, he continued his campaign and was re-elected that November; he had no opposition.[1] Reynolds initially denied the charges, which he claimed were racially motivated. On August 22, 1995, he was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. He resigned his seat on October 1 of that year.[2]


23 posted on 05/11/2018 5:16:56 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Magnatron

Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison, thus he expected to be released in 1998. However, in April 1997 he was convicted on 16 unrelated counts of bank fraud, misusing campaign funds for personal use and lying to FEC investigators. Specifically, one count of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, eight counts of making false statements on loan applications, one count of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission, and four counts of making false statements to the FEC. These charges resulted in an additional sentence of 78 months in federal prison. Reynolds served all of his first sentence, and served 42 months in prison for the later charges. At that point, President Bill Clinton commuted the sentence for bank fraud. As a result, Reynolds was released from prison and served the remaining time in a halfway house.[5]


24 posted on 05/11/2018 5:17:57 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Magnatron

On February 18, 2014, Reynolds was arrested in Zimbabwe for overstaying his visa. He was allegedly found to be in possession of pornographic videos he had filmed with several women at the hotel where he was staying. Possession of pornography is a crime in the country. He had also purportedly accrued over $24,000 in hotel charges that he had yet to pay.[6] The pornography charges were later dropped, but he pleaded guilty to violating immigration laws, and was deported to South Africa. He claimed in early March 2014 to be hiding there from Zimbabwean death squads, who he claimed were targeting him because he possessed information about American companies from Chicago doing business illegally in Zimbabwe.


25 posted on 05/11/2018 5:19:10 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: jmaroneps37

Good gosh.....that is the Demonrat Party, summarized.


26 posted on 05/11/2018 5:19:12 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: outpostinmass2

Wow!

A regular human would be in prison for life!


27 posted on 05/11/2018 5:23:40 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: goldstategop

While I would love to believe that he will rid us of himself, it’s bullish!t. He won’t leave America, he won’t leave Chicago. He will continue to commit crimes and blame racism when he gets caught.

He’s a liberal. It’s how they roll.


28 posted on 05/11/2018 5:25:51 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: Magnatron

“plans to move to Africa”

I wish they would all do that.


29 posted on 05/11/2018 5:32:38 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Not surprising.

Appreciate the details. TY.


30 posted on 05/11/2018 5:33:47 AM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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To: Magnatron

Yup....Africa where you can steal as much as you want and no one cares


31 posted on 05/11/2018 5:49:46 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: goldstategop

After spending some time in Africa he’s going to wish
he could go back to American prison.


32 posted on 05/11/2018 5:59:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Makana
He crossed that line.

Crossed it? He took a running start and pole vaulted it!

33 posted on 05/11/2018 6:17:14 AM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: Nifster

If Mel gets caught scamming real Africans in Africa they will spread his body parts deep in the jungle—no lawyers, no trial.


34 posted on 05/11/2018 6:20:19 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: goldstategop

And he would be reelected in a heartbeat back in his district if he ran as a democrat. Who paid this guy $400,000 for consulting anyway?


35 posted on 05/11/2018 6:40:32 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Magnatron

Didn’t he vote for all those taxes?


36 posted on 05/11/2018 6:54:40 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Magnatron

Did he get a cushy federal disability retirement like CONvicted felon jesse jackson jr.??


37 posted on 05/11/2018 8:21:25 AM PDT by utax
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To: Magnatron
he has “given up on America” and plans to move to Africa

Liberia, here he comes! Better late than never!

38 posted on 05/11/2018 8:54:01 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: cgbg

Depends on where he is. Big cities like the corrupt nature of big money


39 posted on 05/11/2018 9:46:38 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: COBOL2Java

Mel’s moving to Africa from the US would raise the average IQ of both countries.


40 posted on 05/11/2018 1:33:11 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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