Cunningham Also Must Pay Back Millions for Bribery and Tax Offenses
By Sonya Geis and Charles R. Babcock, Washington Post Staff Writers
SAN DIEGO, March 3 -- Former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a decorated fighter pilot in Vietnam who admitted taking $2.4 million in bribes from two defense contractors, was sentenced Friday to eight years and four months in federal prison for selling his office.
Lenny Ignelzi - AP
The California Republican resigned from Congress after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery in November.
Appearing much thinner than he did last fall, Cunningham choked up as he addressed the judge. "No man has ever been more sorry," he said. "I made a very wrong turn. I rationalized decisions I knew were wrong."
[Don't feel too bad, Duke -- so did George Bush]
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