30 months???? How bout 30 years! Plea bargains and alcohol rehab. I love how all these crooks end up in alcohol rehab. I got news, alcohol doesn’t make you a corrupt bribe taking crook. You know, federal employees are subject to random drug testing. I think that every member of congress and even the White House staff (including the President) should be subject to drug and alcohol testing. I mean afterall, the President has his hand on the nuclear button…..do we want a drunk or drug addict to be the one with his hand on that button? Just a thought….
Dang…I sure wanted to see him put away for longer than 30 months!

(CBS/AP) Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a congressional bribery scandal.

Ney was the first member of Congress to plead guilty to corruption charges in the scandal revolving around Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff - but that investigation continues and he might not be the last, CBS News correspondent Bob Fuss reports.

Ney admitted he took gifts, meals, free trips and even gambling chips from those who wanted favors, including Abramoff. Ney, who was an influential member of the House Republican leadership, denied wrongdoing right up until he accepted a plea bargain, after which he immediately entered an alcohol rehabilitation program.

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