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U.S. CONGRESS Panel OKs Traficant amendment

By DAVID SKOLNICK VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER YOUNGSTOWN -- The House Rules Committee is


TRAFICANT CASE Colleagues: Judge is fair, calm, earthy

By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER CLEVELAND -- Flower child. Laid-back. No-nonsense.


Indictment alleges Traficant promoted product for favors

Cafaro's company gave the congressman money for improvements to Traficant's houseboat and later to


Traficant gets ready to go on the air and on to court

By PATRICIA MEADE and DAVID SKOLNICK VINDICATOR STAFF WRITERS YOUNGSTOWN -- When indicted


Traficant off to inauspicious start in U.S. District Court

Opinion: If U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. is going to act as his own lawyer while defending himself in


TRAFICANT CASE Answering the charges

The congressman's spokesman in Washington, D.C., said his boss still intends to be his own lawyer.


TRAFICANT INDICTMENT Warning on self-representation

The arraignment would have taken place in a courtroom on the same floor as the congressman's


TRAFICANT CASE Experts debate rule on hearsay

A former U.S. prosecutor says this time Traficant isn't a sheriff up against testimony from mobsters


TRAFICANT INDICTMENT Staffers mum on testimony

By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER YOUNGSTOWN -- Two men who labored at U.S. Rep. James


TRAFICANT INDICTMENT What happens if he's convicted?

By DAVID SKOLNICK VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER YOUNGSTOWN -- The federal indictment of U.S. Rep.


Traficant vows to fight

By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER YOUNGSTOWN -- This time around, U.S. Rep. James A.


TRAFICANT INDICTED

The congressman said the investigation has not been good for his health. DAVID SKOLNICK


CONGRESS Survey ranks Traficant low

Ohio's George Voinovich placed first among U.S. senators in the survey. By DAVID SKOLNICK


WASHINGTON Traficant joins the call to revoke trade status

China's detention of 24 American service men and women is the primary reason for the letter from


TRAFICANT On the issues

U.S. Rep. James Traficant Jr. held a press conference today to discuss Youngstown school district