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| + | '''James Anthony Traficant Jr. '''' was an American politician. | ||
| − | + | A [[maverick]] in Congress, he was convicted in 2001 of taking campaign funds for personal use,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/05/us-grand-jury-indicts-traficant/528bc43e-523c-4a7a-9a5f-59578490dfa7/</ref> expelled from Congress<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190725041336/https://ethics.house.gov/committee-report/matter-representative-james-traficant-jr</ref> and imprisoned for seven years. | |
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| + | Traficant began a grassroots campaign in July 2014, 'Project Freedom USA', to, among other things, put people pressure on Congress to get rid of the IRS and ‘divorce’ the [[Federal Reserve]]. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| − | Jim Traficant's death may not have been an accident.<ref>http://drnissani.net/mnissani/revolutionarystoolkit/EncyclopediaOfAssassinations.htm#Trafficant</ref> | + | Jim Traficant's death in September 2014 may not have been an accident.<ref>http://drnissani.net/mnissani/revolutionarystoolkit/EncyclopediaOfAssassinations.htm#Trafficant</ref> |
Latest revision as of 04:01, 8 February 2024
 Jim Traficant     (politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | James Anthony Traficant Jr. May 8, 1941 Youngstown, Ohio | |||||||||
| Died | September 27, 2014 (Age 73) Poland (Ohio), Ohio | |||||||||
Cause of death | "tractor accident" | |||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh, Youngstown State University | |||||||||
| Religion | Catholic | |||||||||
| Spouse | Patricia "Tish" Choppa Traficant | |||||||||
| Victim of | premature death | |||||||||
| Interests | Federal Reserve | |||||||||
| Party | Democratic, (1981–2010) Independent (2010–2014) | |||||||||
Began a grassroots campaign in July 2014 to, among other things, try to abolish the Federal Reserve. Died in September 2014.
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James Anthony Traficant Jr. ' was an American politician.
A maverick in Congress, he was convicted in 2001 of taking campaign funds for personal use,[1] expelled from Congress[2] and imprisoned for seven years.
Traficant began a grassroots campaign in July 2014, 'Project Freedom USA', to, among other things, put people pressure on Congress to get rid of the IRS and ‘divorce’ the Federal Reserve.
Death
Jim Traficant's death in September 2014 may not have been an accident.[3]
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References
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/05/us-grand-jury-indicts-traficant/528bc43e-523c-4a7a-9a5f-59578490dfa7/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190725041336/https://ethics.house.gov/committee-report/matter-representative-james-traficant-jr
- ↑ http://drnissani.net/mnissani/revolutionarystoolkit/EncyclopediaOfAssassinations.htm#Trafficant
