He
is Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937.
Well,
he is a former Democrat congressman who represented Iowa's 1st congressional
district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from
1973 to 1977.
He
sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decided the fate of Richard Nixon.
He
was outspoken saying that Nixon was a crook and a disgrace to politics and
the nation and should be impeached.
He
and the Clintons were friends and very politically intertwined for many
years.
Ed
Mezvinsky had an affair with NBC News reporter Marjorie Sue Margolies and
later married her after his wife divorced him.
In
1993, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, then a freshman Democrat in Congress,
cast the deciding vote that got President Bill Clintons controversial tax package through the House of
Representatives.
In
March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69
counts of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
Ed
Mezvinsky embezzled more than $10 million dollars from people via both a
Ponzi scheme and the notorious Nigerian e-mail scams.
He
was found guilty and sentenced to 80 months in federal prison.
After
serving less than five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008
and remains on federal probation.
To
this day, he still owes $9.4 million in restitution to his victims.
About
now you are saying, C’mon Rumbear…..so what!
Well,
this is Marc and Chelsea Mezvinsky.
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