Ex-congressman Cunningham sentenced to 8 years - Yahoo! News

Ex-congressman Cunningham sentenced to 8 years - Yahoo! News: "Fri Mar 3, 8:27 PM ET

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Congressman Randy 'Duke' Cunningham (R), who pleaded guilty last year to taking $2.4 million in bribes, was sentenced by a federal judge on Friday to eight years and four months in prison.
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It was the longest prison sentence ever given a U.S. congressman, prosecutors said, topping the eight-year sentence given in 2002 to Ohio Democrat James Traficant for bribery, tax evasion and racketeering.

Cunningham, a decorated Vietnam War pilot and eight-term California Republican who tearfully resigned from the House of Representatives in November, was also ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution."