The failure of the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington to obtain indictments in at least three separate cases — in some incidents that were clearly captured on video — is all but unheard-of.
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Duke Cunningham, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies at 83
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.
