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Dan Rostenkowski

Dan Rostenkowski

Former Illinois Representative Dan Rostenkowski was photographed by the Bureau of Prisons after he pleaded guilty in 1996 to two counts of mail fraud. The Chicago Democrat served 36 years in the House of Representatives and 15 months in federal prison. The pol, who chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, was pardoned in 2000 by President Bill Clinton. He died in August 2010 at the age of 82.

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Wow, how suprising. A politician moonlighting as a crook. Good riddance to the old bastard.