An ABC News investigation by five student journalists reveals more than 80 indictments and convictions of state lawmakers.
By BRIAN ROSS, MATTHEW MOSK, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and RICHARD ESPOSITO
Oct. 20, 2010
One of the nation's top criminal prosecutors said this week that the U.S. Department of Justice is aggressively pursuing cases against corrupt state legislators in several states on the heels of recent arrests in Alabama, where lawmakers have been accused of accepting bribes from gambling lobbyists in exchange for... [continue]
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Mexican Crime, American Guns
"[W]e provide the basis for the killings. We buy lots of drugs and a large quantity of weapons come from here. Is there corruption in Mexico? Sure there is. Do weapons come from other sources? Absolutely. However if nobody here bought the drugs tthere would be no drug wars. There's your biggest problem and it is right here in the good ol' USA."
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