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  1. August 27, 2020

    Ex-Texas Rep. Recovered From COVID-19 Denied Release Bid

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday denied a COVID-19-related compassionate release bid from a former U.S. congressman serving a 10-year prison sentence on fraud and corruption charges, ruling any health risks he faces are diminished because he already recovered from COVID-19.

  2. April 02, 2019

    Ex-Congressional Staffer Gets Prison For Charity Fraud

    A former aide to an ex-congressman from Texas was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme in which the legislator used money solicited as charitable donations to instead fund campaigns and pay personal expenses.

  3. December 12, 2018

    Fundraiser Gets Prison For Role In Ex-Congressman's Scam

    A former fundraising specialist for now-imprisoned former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, was sentenced by a federal judge in Houston on Wednesday to 18 months in prison for his role in a scam where funds solicited as charitable contributions were instead used to finance political campaigns and cover personal expenses.

  4. November 07, 2018

    Ex-Texas Congressman Gets 10 Years For Charity Fraud

    A former U.S. congressman convicted by a federal jury of funneling what were solicited as charitable contributions into accounts that instead funded political campaigns and paid personal expenses was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.

  5. June 14, 2018

    Former Texas Congressman Can't Ax Charity Fraud Conviction

    A Texas federal judge has declined to set aside a jury's conviction of former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, who was found guilty in April of funneling what were solicited as charitable contributions into accounts that funded political campaigns and personal expenses, holding there was plenty of evidence to support the outcome.

  6. May 29, 2018

    Ex-Congressman From Texas Fights Charity Fraud Conviction

    Attorneys representing former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, who was found guilty in April of funneling what were solicited as charitable contributions into accounts that instead funded political campaigns and personal expenses, have asked the court to set aside the jury's conviction in the case citing a lack of evidence.

  7. April 12, 2018

    Ex-Texas Congressman Found Guilty In Charity Fraud Trial

    A Texas federal jury on Thursday found former U.S. Congressman Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, guilty of funneling what were solicited as charitable contributions into accounts that instead funded political campaigns and paid personal expenses.

  8. April 09, 2018

    Ex-Texas Congressman's Fraud Case Heads To Jury

    Prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments on Monday in the fraud trial of ex-U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, that they had been presented with overwhelming evidence of his guilt in what the government said was a scheme to solicit money under the guise of using it for charity when it actually paid personal and campaign expenses.

  9. April 05, 2018

    Ex-Texas Congressman Doesn't Take Stand In Own Fraud Trial

    The team of attorneys defending ex-U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, against allegations he used more than $1 million in charitable donations to fund his political campaigns and pay personal expenses rested its case Thursday morning after calling two witnesses, opting not to have Stockman take the stand.

  10. April 04, 2018

    Government Rests In Fraud Trial Of Ex-US Rep. From Texas

    After 10 days of testimony during which jurors heard from multiple witnesses — including two former congressional staffers — about a scheme carried out by ex-U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, to use charitable donations to fund campaign and personal expenses, the government rested its case on Wednesday.

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