Duke Cunningham
Randall "Duke" Cunningham (born December 8, 1941)[1] is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served the 50th Congressional District of California from 1991 to 2005 as a Republican. He is also used to work in the United States Navy.
Scandals ended his political career. Duke Cunningham pleaded guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy to commit bribery and other charges.[2] He was then sentenced to prison in Tucson, Arizona.[3] He was released from prison in February 2013. He then moved to New Orleans to spend time inside a halfway house.[4]
Duke Cunningham Media
June 1972 – Lieutenant Cunningham (second from left) in a ceremony honoring him and Lieutenant (JG) William P. Driscoll (third from left), the Navy's only Vietnam War air "Aces". On the left is John Warner, then Secretary of the Navy, and on the right is Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, then Chief of Naval Operations.
"Showtime 100", the F-4J flown for three "kills" by Cunningham and Driscoll.
Scan of a document submitted as evidence by the prosecution and included in their February 2006 sentencing memorandum against Cunningham, penned by his own hand on his own Congressional office stationery for the benefit of "co-conspirator#2" (defense contractor Mitchell Wade). The left column lists millions of dollars of government contracts; the right column lists the thousands of dollars in bribes required to secure them.
United States Penitentiary, Tucson, where Cunningham was located
Cunningham's conditional pardon
References
- ↑ "Duke Cunningham". Famous Why. Retrieved Jan 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Duke Cunningham Guilty". UT San Diego. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved Jan 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Cunningham Moving to Arizona Prison". The Washington Post. Retrieved Jan 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Former US Rep Duke Cunningham Sprung from Lockup in a Bribery Scheme". NBC News San Diego. Retrieved Jan 15, 2014.
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