Shakran...you are absolutely right.
Just for the record, Duke Cunningham did not resign at the time of his indictment. It was only after he pleaded guilty to taking more than $2 million in bribes -
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Bob Ney did not resign at the time of his indictment, but waited until weeks after he pleaded guilty to multiple crimes of corruption (it took the judge 9 minutes to read through all of the corrupt activites Ney engaged in from 2000 through 2004 -
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Its a bit hypocritical for the House Repub leader to call for an immediate expulsion order for Jefferson, when he took no such action on Cunninghamd and Ney -
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/end of my partisan observations.
But Jefferson should still do the honorable thing and step down now.