That's because of his past public corruption convictions. (wshu.org)
The State Integrity Investigation also highlights another anti-corruption report, jointly published in February by the University of Illinois political science department and its Institute for Government and Public Affairs, finding that New York's number of federal public corruption convictions since 1976 — over 2,500 and counting — is the highest in the nation. (reinventalbany.org)
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear former Rep. Rick Renzi's appeal of his fraud, racketeering and public corruption conviction in a long - running legal battle that sought to question the process of how he was prosecuted. (rollcall.com)