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criminal charges. they were serving in congress within the past five years. both of them republicans. both of them, interestingly, big early donald trump supporters. both of them are charged with multiple federal felony corruption counts. both of them resigned from congress in it disgrace. both were convicted on felony charges. and both of them were sentenced to prison. that said, both of them were pardoned by president donald trump. well, now we've got a third republican congressman charged while he's a sitting member of congress charged with multiple federal felony corruption charges. this time it's jeff fortin berry from nebraska. if his case goes south, congressman fortenberry won't have the donald trump republicans get out of jail free card. congressman fortenberry was araund in federal court.
to approve vaccines for younger kids, those processes are well underway. they will probably come to fruition within a few weeks, and the white house is trying to get people ready. to get states ready, to hit the ground running on that as well. so, eyes on that process. tonight, we're also watching a whole bunch of different news breaking in the uncomfortable venn diagram overlaps between political life and going to prison. and the past five years, to count them to, members of congress have been charged with federal criminal felony charges. congressman chris collins of new york, you see on your left, i'm congressman duncan hunter of california. both of them federal criminal charges. but while they were serving in congress, within the past five years, both of them republicans. full botham interestingly, big donald trump supporters. both of them were charged with multiple federal felony corruption counts. both of them resigned from congress in disgrace.
congressman duncan hunter of california, both of them federal criminal charges. they were serving in congress within the past five years. both of them republicans. both of them big early donald trump supporters. both of them are charged with multiple federal felony corruption counts. both of them resigned from congress in it disgrace. both were convicted on felony charges. and both of them were sentenced to prison. that said, both of them were pardoned by president donald trump. now we have a third republican congressman charged whul he's a sitting member of congress charged with multiple federal felony corruption charges. this time it's jeff fortenberry from nebraska. if his case goes south, congressman fortenberry won't have the donald trump republicans get out of jail free
an ad for doug jones and gave a lot of republicans in alabama license or permission to do the principle thing and if they don't want to vote for a democrat, find someone, name anyone, come up with diane bently, someone like that to write in as their candidate and not someone like roy moore. >> you mentioned diane meabentl the divorced ex-wife of the governor in alabama recently failed by a sex scandal. that's how ivy went from being lieutenant governor to being governor. that followed a scandal that took out mike hubbard who was turfed out of office after being convinced of multiple corruption counts and followed roy moore being thrown off the bench as chief justice in alabama, not once but twice for defying court orders.
admitted towhat was said in the deposition doesn't mean cosby drugged other women without their knowledge or consent or engaged in any nonconsensual sex. they say excerpts of cosby's 2005 deposition has been inaccurately labeled as a confession. some corruption convictions being overturned that sent illinois governor rod blagojevich to prison. the three-judge paneled tossed out 5 of the 18 corruption counts for trying to sell or trade president obama's old senate seat. the bad news for blagojevich, the court also called his appeal frivolous and upheld much of the fraud and corruption case against him. more than a thousand security officers and baggage handlers and other contract workers talenten workers workers threaten to walk off the
comedian in a deposition from a sexual assault suit. in in a new court filing the attorney says it doesn't mean cosby drugged other men without their knowledge or consent or engaged in any nonconsensual sex. they say excerpts of cosby's 2005 deposition has been accurately labeled as a confession. some corruption convictions send illinois governor rod blagojevich to prison. the three-judge paneled tossed out 5 of the 18 corruption counts for trying to sell or trade president obama's old senate seat. the bad news for blagojevich, the court called his appeal frivolous and upheld much of the fraud and corruption case against him. the justice department is now dropping its criminal case against barry bonds.
he will fight, he will fight, he will fight until his last breath and he will be set free. he said it was a persecution. both direct quotes from him. and now it appears, well our blago may be getting the last laugh. hot off the press. the blew sheets of paper coming into the associated press. dateline chicago. i quote, an appeals court has overturned some of the corruption of the governor rod blagojevich. the 7th court of appeals was released today. the democrat is serving a 14-year sentence after jurors convicted him of 18 corruption counts. remember one of the things he tried to do was sell then senator barack obama's seat.
february. this time it was ron calderon, charged with 24 counts of corruption. he pled not guilty to all of them and of course, everyone is presumed innocent, but the fact remains he's currently under indictment on 24 felony charges. then it was month three. in like a lion. democratic state senator leland yee indicted on seven federal felony charges including multiple corruption counts and also gun running. gun running? seriously? yes, gun running. all told, he's looking at a potential $125 years in prison. did i mention that one of the gun running charges was about him obtaining shoulder-fired missiles for an undercover fbi agent? so yeah, that's how the first three months of the year have gone for california state senate democrats. how's your 20124 so far? here's the thing, though. one senator was not only
corruption. he pled not guilty to all of them and of course, everyone is presumed innocent, but the fact remains he's currently under indictment on 24 felony charges. then it was month three. in like a lion. democratic state senator leland yee indicted on seven federal felony charges including multiple corruption counts and also gun-running? gun-running? seriously? yes, gun-running. al told, he's looking at a potential 125 years in prison. did i mention that one of the gun-running charges was about him obtaining shoulder-fired missiles for an undercover fbi agent? so yeah, that's how the first three months of the year have gone for california state senate democrats. how's your 20124 so far? here's the thing, though. after the first senator was not just indicted by convicted on multiple felonies, that democrat refused to give up his seat. his fellow democrats stripped him of some power, but when it
violent riots in the streets. the officer responsible was sentenced to life in prison. >> and this fox news alert. disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich about to learn his punishment. his sentencing hearing is underway in chicago. blagojevich as you might recall was convicted on 18 corruption counts including trying to auction off president obama's empty senate seat. the former illinois governor faces up to 30 years behind bars. mike tobin is live outside the federal courthouse in chicago. so will we hear from blago today, mike? >> reporter: you know, jon, his attorney told us we'll probably see blago on the witness stand sometime today, possibly tomorrow. the catch is, usually that is an opportunity for a convict to become contrite, to beg for some leniency from the judge. blago has never been apologetic because he is been arguing his innocence through the whole process despite the conviction. we've seen the judge become