Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

James Traficant

Index James Traficant

James Anthony Traficant Jr. (May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was a Democratic, and later independent, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. [1]

94 relations: Abscam, American football, American Football League, American Free Press, Anti-Defamation League, Arthur Rudolph, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Beam me up, Scotty, Bill Clinton, Cardinal Mooney High School (Ohio), Catholic Church, Cleveland, CNN, Columbiana, Ohio, David Duke, Democratic Party (United States), Denim, Dennis Hastert, Elvis impersonator, Expulsion from the United States Congress, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Gary Condit, Huntsville, Alabama, Illegal immigration, Immigration reduction in the United States, Internal Revenue Service, Israel, Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard), Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jimmy Hoffa, John Demjanjuk, Kent State University, List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes, List of federal political scandals in the United States, List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded, List of United States Representatives from Ohio, Loretta Sanchez, Lyle Williams, Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning Valley, Michael Collins Piper, Michael Myers (politician), Mike Ditka, NASA, National Right to Life Committee, Niagara Falls, NumbersUSA, Oakland Raiders, Office of Scientific Intelligence, Ohio, ..., Ohio's 17th congressional district, Operation Paperclip, Pan Am Flight 103, Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Steelers, Poland, Ohio, Pole building framing, Pompadour (hairstyle), Probation, Quarterback, Racket (crime), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Republican Party (United States), Right-wing politics, Ruby Ridge, Salem, Ohio, Seven Hills, Ohio, Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Solitary confinement, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, String trimmer, Supreme Court of Israel, Supreme Court of the United States, Talk radio, Tea Party protests, The American Conservative, The Vindicator, Tim Ryan (politician), Toronto, Toupée, Tribune Chronicle, Ukraine, United States Department of Justice, United States House Committee on Ethics, United States House of Representatives, United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, University of Pittsburgh, Waco siege, Washington, D.C., WFMJ-TV, WTAM, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 1963 NFL Draft. Expand index (44 more) »

Abscam

Abscam—sometimes written ABSCAM—was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members of the United States Congress, among others.

New!!: James Traficant and Abscam · See more »

American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

New!!: James Traficant and American football · See more »

American Football League

The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL).

New!!: James Traficant and American Football League · See more »

American Free Press

The American Free Press is a weekly newspaper published in the United States.

New!!: James Traficant and American Free Press · See more »

Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL; formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Anti-Defamation League · See more »

Arthur Rudolph

Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9, 1906 – January 1, 1996) was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany.

New!!: James Traficant and Arthur Rudolph · See more »

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

New!!: James Traficant and Assassination of John F. Kennedy · See more »

Beam me up, Scotty

"Beam me up, Scotty" is a catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek.

New!!: James Traficant and Beam me up, Scotty · See more »

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

New!!: James Traficant and Bill Clinton · See more »

Cardinal Mooney High School (Ohio)

Cardinal Mooney High School is a coeducational Catholic high school in Youngstown, Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and Cardinal Mooney High School (Ohio) · See more »

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

New!!: James Traficant and Catholic Church · See more »

Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

New!!: James Traficant and Cleveland · See more »

CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

New!!: James Traficant and CNN · See more »

Columbiana, Ohio

Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and Columbiana, Ohio · See more »

David Duke

David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white supremacist and white nationalist politician, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, convicted felon, and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

New!!: James Traficant and David Duke · See more »

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

New!!: James Traficant and Democratic Party (United States) · See more »

Denim

Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads.

New!!: James Traficant and Denim · See more »

Dennis Hastert

John Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942) is a former American congressman who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing from 1987 to 2007.

New!!: James Traficant and Dennis Hastert · See more »

Elvis impersonator

An Elvis impersonator is someone who impersonates or copies the look and sound of musician Elvis Presley.

New!!: James Traficant and Elvis impersonator · See more »

Expulsion from the United States Congress

Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of Congress.

New!!: James Traficant and Expulsion from the United States Congress · See more »

Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency.

New!!: James Traficant and Federal Bureau of Prisons · See more »

Gary Condit

Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is a former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003.

New!!: James Traficant and Gary Condit · See more »

Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama.

New!!: James Traficant and Huntsville, Alabama · See more »

Illegal immigration

Illegal immigration is the illegal entry of a person or a group of persons across a country's border, in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country, with the intention to remain in the country, as well as people who remain living in another country when they do not have the legal right to do so.

New!!: James Traficant and Illegal immigration · See more »

Immigration reduction in the United States

Immigration reduction refers to a movement in the United States that advocates a reduction in the amount of immigration allowed into the country.

New!!: James Traficant and Immigration reduction in the United States · See more »

Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

New!!: James Traficant and Internal Revenue Service · See more »

Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

New!!: James Traficant and Israel · See more »

Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard)

Ivan the Terrible (born 1911) is the nickname given to notorious guard Ivan Marchenko, at the Treblinka extermination camp during the Holocaust.

New!!: James Traficant and Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard) · See more »

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service serving Jewish community newspapers and media around the world, with about 70 syndication clients listed on its web site.

New!!: James Traficant and Jewish Telegraphic Agency · See more »

Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975) was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1958 until 1971.

New!!: James Traficant and Jimmy Hoffa · See more »

John Demjanjuk

John Demjanjuk (born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demianiuk; Іван Миколайович Дем'янюк; 3 April 1920 – 17 March 2012) was a retired Ukrainian-American auto worker, a former soldier in the Soviet Red Army, and a POW during the Second World War.

New!!: James Traficant and John Demjanjuk · See more »

Kent State University

Kent State University (KSU) is a large, primarily residential, public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Kent State University · See more »

List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes

This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.

New!!: James Traficant and List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes · See more »

List of federal political scandals in the United States

This article provides a list of political scandals that involve officials from the government of the United States, sorted from most recent date to least recent.

New!!: James Traficant and List of federal political scandals in the United States · See more »

List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded

The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.

New!!: James Traficant and List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded · See more »

List of United States Representatives from Ohio

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and List of United States Representatives from Ohio · See more »

Loretta Sanchez

Loretta L. Sánchez (born January 7, 1960) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017.

New!!: James Traficant and Loretta Sanchez · See more »

Lyle Williams

Lyle Williams (August 23, 1942 – November 7, 2008) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and Lyle Williams · See more »

Mahoning County, Ohio

Mahoning County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and Mahoning County, Ohio · See more »

Mahoning Valley

The Youngstown–Warren–Boardman metropolitan area, typically known as the Mahoning Valley or the Steel Valley, is a metropolitan area in Northeast Ohio in the United States, with the city of Youngstown, Ohio, at its center.

New!!: James Traficant and Mahoning Valley · See more »

Michael Collins Piper

Michael Collins Piper (born Michael Bernard Piper; July 16, 1960 – May 2015) was an American political writer, conspiracy theorist and talk radio host.

New!!: James Traficant and Michael Collins Piper · See more »

Michael Myers (politician)

Michael Joseph "Ozzie" Myers (born May 4, 1943) is a politician from Philadelphia.

New!!: James Traficant and Michael Myers (politician) · See more »

Mike Ditka

Michael Keller Ditka (born Michael Dyczko; October 18, 1939) is a former American football player, coach, and television commentator.

New!!: James Traficant and Mike Ditka · See more »

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

New!!: James Traficant and NASA · See more »

National Right to Life Committee

The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is the oldest and the largest national pro-life organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide.

New!!: James Traficant and National Right to Life Committee · See more »

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York.

New!!: James Traficant and Niagara Falls · See more »

NumbersUSA

NumbersUSA is an immigration reduction organization that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. It advocates for immigration reduction through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns.

New!!: James Traficant and NumbersUSA · See more »

Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football franchise based in Oakland, California.

New!!: James Traficant and Oakland Raiders · See more »

Office of Scientific Intelligence

Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) also known as Scientific Intelligence Division was a department of the Central Intelligence Agency.

New!!: James Traficant and Office of Scientific Intelligence · See more »

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Ohio · See more »

Ohio's 17th congressional district

The 17th congressional district of Ohio is an obsolete congressional district last represented by Representative Timothy J. Ryan.

New!!: James Traficant and Ohio's 17th congressional district · See more »

Operation Paperclip

Operation Paperclip was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) largely carried out by Special Agents of Army CIC, in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians, such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team, were recruited in post-Nazi Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, primarily between 1945 and 1959.

New!!: James Traficant and Operation Paperclip · See more »

Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York.

New!!: James Traficant and Pan Am Flight 103 · See more »

Pat Buchanan

Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician, and broadcaster.

New!!: James Traficant and Pat Buchanan · See more »

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

New!!: James Traficant and Pittsburgh Steelers · See more »

Poland, Ohio

Poland is a village about southeast of Youngstown in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Poland, Ohio · See more »

Pole building framing

Pole framing or post-frame construction (pole building framing, pole building, pole barn) is a simplified building technique adapted from the labor-intensive traditional timber framing technique.

New!!: James Traficant and Pole building framing · See more »

Pompadour (hairstyle)

The pompadour is a hairstyle named for Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV.

New!!: James Traficant and Pompadour (hairstyle) · See more »

Probation

Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court instead of serving time in prison.

New!!: James Traficant and Probation · See more »

Quarterback

A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.

New!!: James Traficant and Quarterback · See more »

Racket (crime)

A racket is a planned or organized criminal act, usually in which the criminal act is a form of business or a way to earn illegal or extorted money regularly or briefly but repeatedly.

New!!: James Traficant and Racket (crime) · See more »

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.

New!!: James Traficant and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act · See more »

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

New!!: James Traficant and Republican Party (United States) · See more »

Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition.

New!!: James Traficant and Right-wing politics · See more »

Ruby Ridge

Ruby Ridge was the site of an eleven-day siege near Naples, Idaho, U.S., beginning on August 21, 1992, when Randy Weaver, members of his immediate family, and family friend Kevin Harris resisted agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and the Hostage Rescue Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI HRT).

New!!: James Traficant and Ruby Ridge · See more »

Salem, Ohio

Salem is a city almost entirely in northern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, with a small district in southern Mahoning County.

New!!: James Traficant and Salem, Ohio · See more »

Seven Hills, Ohio

Seven Hills is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Seven Hills, Ohio · See more »

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

New!!: James Traficant and Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · See more »

Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, often with the exception of members of prison staff, for 22–24 hours a day, with a sentence ranging from days to decades.

New!!: James Traficant and Solitary confinement · See more »

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

New!!: James Traficant and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives · See more »

String trimmer

A string trimmer, also called a "weed-whip", "whipper-snipper", "weed-whacker", a "weed eater", a "line trimmer" (in Australia) or a "strimmer" (in the UK and Ireland), is a tool which uses a flexible monofilament line instead of a blade for cutting grass and other plants near objects, or on steep or irregular terrain.

New!!: James Traficant and String trimmer · See more »

Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court (בית המשפט העליון, Beit HaMishpat HaElyon) is the highest court in Israel.

New!!: James Traficant and Supreme Court of Israel · See more »

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Supreme Court of the United States · See more »

Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.

New!!: James Traficant and Talk radio · See more »

Tea Party protests

The Tea Party protests were a series of well-funded protests throughout the United States that began in early 2009.

New!!: James Traficant and Tea Party protests · See more »

The American Conservative

The American Conservative (TAC) is a bi-monthly magazine founded in 2002 and published by the American Ideas Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, D.C., which states that it exists to promote a conservatism that opposes unchecked power in government and business; promotes the flourishing of families and communities through vibrant markets and free people; and embraces realism and restraint in foreign affairs based on America's vital national interests.

New!!: James Traficant and The American Conservative · See more »

The Vindicator

The Vindicator, also known at times as the Youngstown Vindicator, is a daily newspaper serving Youngstown, Ohio, United States and the Mahoning County region as well as southern Trumbull County and northern Columbiana County.

New!!: James Traficant and The Vindicator · See more »

Tim Ryan (politician)

Timothy John Ryan (born July 16, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for, elected in 2002.

New!!: James Traficant and Tim Ryan (politician) · See more »

Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

New!!: James Traficant and Toronto · See more »

Toupée

A toupée is a hairpiece or partial wig of natural or synthetic hair worn to cover partial baldness or for theatrical purposes.

New!!: James Traficant and Toupée · See more »

Tribune Chronicle

The Tribune Chronicle is a daily morning newspaper serving Warren, Ohio and the Mahoning Valley area of the United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Tribune Chronicle · See more »

Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

New!!: James Traficant and Ukraine · See more »

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

New!!: James Traficant and United States Department of Justice · See more »

United States House Committee on Ethics

The Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives.

New!!: James Traficant and United States House Committee on Ethics · See more »

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

New!!: James Traficant and United States House of Representatives · See more »

United States Penitentiary, Allenwood

The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is a high-security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania.

New!!: James Traficant and United States Penitentiary, Allenwood · See more »

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

New!!: James Traficant and University of Pittsburgh · See more »

Waco siege

The Waco siege was the siege of a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993.

New!!: James Traficant and Waco siege · See more »

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

New!!: James Traficant and Washington, D.C. · See more »

WFMJ-TV

WFMJ-TV, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 20), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Youngstown, Ohio, United States.

New!!: James Traficant and WFMJ-TV · See more »

WTAM

WTAM (1100 AM, branded as Newsradio WTAM 1100) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio.

New!!: James Traficant and WTAM · See more »

Youngstown State University

Youngstown State University (YSU), founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States.

New!!: James Traficant and Youngstown State University · See more »

Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County in the U.S. state of Ohio, with small portions extending into Trumbull County.

New!!: James Traficant and Youngstown, Ohio · See more »

1963 NFL Draft

The 1963 National Football League draft was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, December 3, 1962.

New!!: James Traficant and 1963 NFL Draft · See more »

Redirects here:

James A. Trafficant Jr., James A. Trafficant, Jr., James A. Traficant, James A. Traficant Jr., James A. Traficant, Jr., James Anthony Trafficant Jr., James Anthony Trafficant, Jr., James Anthony Traficant, James Anthony Traficant Jr., James Anthony Traficant, Jr., James Trafficant, James Trafficant Jr., James Trafficant, Jr., James Traficant Jr., James Traficant, Jr., Jim Trafficant, Jim Traficant, Traficant, Traficant, James A. Jr..

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »