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A congressman who was sentenced to more prison time than any congressman in the history of the united states, democratic congressman jefferson. he was the guy with the bricks of money wrapped in aluminum foil and hidden in his freezer. he was voted out and convicted in 2009. incidentally, william jefferson is still in prison for his crimes today. even when they do not see their own indictment, even if a member of congress doesn't get, usually the voters can be counted onto do the usual thing. there was a guy named buzz lukins who served forever. served for decades. he actually ran for re-elect...

Congress after he was convicted of committing a crime. what are you going to do? the congressman would not resign. congress itself seemed content to let him stay there, despite his conviction. finally, it was the voters who couldn't stand it anymore. in that primary, when he couldn't go to his own house, in that primary election that night, his con stitch wents fie finally voted him out. he is a little bit of an exceptional case because of the ankle brace let and all the rest of it that. is rush e usually how these sort of things end. usually, an indictment is enough for the voters to say good...

Congressman jay kim had the ankle bracelet put on him. he was able to go to work and his apartment. that was it. and to adjure to insult, the judge would only let him go home to his home in washington. so, by virtue of that judge's order, jay kim is the only known member of congress to have ever been precluded from campaigning in his district for re-election because he couldn't go to his district because he was under house arrest. sdm he's a convict. his wife won't support him. even his fellow republicans are ashamed of him. yet, krcalifornia congressman i still running for re-election today. ...

>> kim didn't go to the polls today. he can't. he cast his vote by absentee ballot. that's because he's effectively under house arrest ordered to dgo to washington with a monitoring device. >> due to unforseen circumstances, congressman kim can't be here in person. >> he sends staff out to speak for him. >> do you hear people saying where is he? >> oh, no. they think he's under house arrest. >> that's where they think he is because that's where he is. republican congressman jay kim was convicted while he was in officer. but even though he had been convicted, he refused to resign from congress....

And this is a fairly unusual thing. congress almost never has to forcibly expel somebody out of congress who will not quit despite a felony conviction. since the civil war, t e it only happened twice. it was also this time of 1798 when they came within two votes because a congressman spit in another congressman's face on the south floor. there have been two instances where a convicted felon serving in congress did not quilt or get forced out by his constituents. michael myers was one. that was one. the only other one was crazy jim