Ten-year jail term sought for ex-congressman - Yahoo! News

Ten-year jail term sought for ex-congressman - Yahoo! News: "SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -
Prosecutors sought the maximum 10-year sentence against former U.S. Rep. Randy Cunningham (R), citing a 'bribe menu' in which the decorated Vietnam veteran detailed what a defense contractor must pay in exchange for Pentagon business.

Court documents filed late on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, contain previously undisclosed details of the Republican congressman's crimes, including taking $2.4 million in bribes.

'For the better part of a decade, Cunningham, in effect, erected a 'for sale' sign upon our nation's capital,' U.S. Attorney Carol Lam wrote in her sentencing motion.

The sentencing papers contain a photocopy of a 'bribe menu' on Cunningham's official stationery in which he listed what a military contractor needed to pay to obtain various levels of defense appropriations.

In exchange for $16 million in government contracts, Cunningham asked for title to a $140,000 boat.

The eight-term congressman, a Vietnam War pilot and former 'Top Gun' naval flight instructor, pleaded guilty in November to felony charges of bribery, fraud and tax evasion.

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