Renzi was charged with 32 Felony counts pertaining to insider land deals and illegally using personal business funds for his political purposes without proper transparency, and stealing client money to further his political career...
Renzi, a Republican, represented Arizona's sprawling 1st Congressional District from early 2003 until early 2009. He chose not to run for re-election in 2008 while facing a federal indictment. The 32 felony counts included conspiracy, extortion and money laundering.Not a lot up yet that I see but I will keep looking and update as more info becomes available, like which Felonies Senor Renzi is convicted of and which the smarmy slimy weasel wiggled out of ( with all apologies to any Smarmy Slimy Weasels offended by the comparison.....)
It's just really nice to see one of them actually get some comeuppance and maybe, just maybe realize that they are just like the rest of us, no better, no worse.....
PPDF link to Renzi Indictment for those who are interested in the gory details, Basically he was your typical scumbag using inside information and money entrusted to him and his company for his own sweet sweet purposes.....(sorry it's hosted on fox news but it's a copy of the indictment, actually I'm surprised Faux would host a document damning to a republican and not a Democrat)
From WaPo
.From Minneapolis Star TribuneThe panel found Renzi guilty on 17 of the 32 counts against him, including wire fraud, conspiracy and extortion. He was acquitted on the remaining counts which included similar charges but on different dates.
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The indictment charged that Renzi, while in office in 2005, held hostage possible parcel swaps involving public land proposed as the site for an Arizona copper mine unless it included purchasing private land owned by a former Renzi business associate, James Sandlin.
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Charges in the other part of the case accused Renzi of embezzling more than $400,000 in premiums from his family insurance business to fund his 2002 campaign for Congress.
According to the indictment, an investment group agreed to pay $4.6 million for the associate's land, and he then paid Renzi $733,000 for his help.Ricky's Wiki page for those who don't remember this particular smarmy slimy weasel (apologies yada yada)Sandlin had owed Renzi money from past business dealings involving land in Kingman, authorities said. It wasn't immediately known what verdicts were rendered against Sandlin.
What the hell is up with this? From USA Today
TUCSON - On his 55th birthday, former Congressman Rick Renzi was found guilty of some charges and acquitted of others after a nearly month-long political corruption trial in U.S. District Court in Tucson.The jury returned without advance notice, and its verdict was read before media arrived, but a court clerk and a prosecutor confirmed that Renzi had been convicted of some counts. Details were not immediately available, but he was believed to have been convicted on 17 of 32 felony counts.
Judge David Bury released Renzi pending sentencing. Renzi declined comment as he left the court.