But today, progressive policy is on full display, with record inflation and economic instability. [10] When this was revealed, his campaign committee created websites and attached them to his opponents' domain names, purportedly for the purpose of disseminating the voting records of the opponents, which were posted on the websites. Daniel Denvir is a fellow at Harvard Law's Fair Punishment Project and the host of The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. 49ers General Manager John Lynch . Kiss Paul Stanley Has 'Thoughts' About Parents Who Support Kids Gender Identities GOP WOMEN'S PAC BACKS CANDIDATES WITH CHANCE TO FLIP SEATS IN OHIO, NEVADA AND TEXAS, The momentum is in the air. Radel, 37, a Republican from Fort Myers . It was November when Republican Trey Radel, a first-term congressman from Fort Myers, Fla., was charged with cocaine possession a misdemeanor in Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. But it was also cathartic. Radel, a Republican from Fort Myers, won the election for the 19th District. I was doing everything at 1,000 miles an hour every day. Or worse, we put people in who are inherently good nonviolent offenders and they come out hardened violent criminals. Blow by Blow: 10 Politicians Linked to Cocaine, Satan Fired Tucker Carlson, Right-Wing Christians Say, Biden Takes Aim at MAGA Extremists in 2024 Announcement Vid, Theyre Hunting Nazis. Or do they only choose you and your question based on how politically advantageous it is for the admin? Lance said last week he was cleared "a little over a month ago" and was "good to go.". Unlike Radel, Barry was sentenced to six months in federal prison. But the fact remains that the US has such a gargantuan prison population because it punishes people with extreme severity for all sorts of offenses.]. Former Astronaut and then-Ohio Sen. John Glenn joked at a fundraiser: ''I went to a colleague and asked if I could borrow some of his lines. Domenico Montanaro, Deputy Political Editor, NBC News, told authorities that he had obtained drugs for Dellums. Whether that was being young in my 20s and backpacking around the world, or in my 30s trying to be an entrepreneur, to campaigning and then getting into Congress, I have always had a voracious appetite for life, and thats sometimes been a liability. In a 1990 sting operation, Barry was lured to a room at the Vista International Hotel by a former girlfriend working for the FBI, and videotaped smoking crack. I want to urge Radel to take an action on a bill. 1035 (113th): To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated , H.R. Dellums expressly denied the charges. [1], In 2016, Radel started what would become a recurring role as a TV news anchor on the show StartUp, which debuted on the Sony-owned app Crackle and was later purchased and streamed on Netflix. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Radel. The journalist returned to the station in September 2016 as a host of mornings. To me it seems to be a lot more about moral grandstanding and a schadenfreude in seeing someone else struggle with something private in a harsh public spotlight. Radel is first member of Congress convicted for cocaine - NBC News I miss attempting to do the little I could to help our country. Jason Cherkis. Radel sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas: International Affairs (33%) purchase of cocaine from an undercover federal agent. His real name is Henry Jude Radel III. And only then will we begin to feel the true cost of our deficit and our debt, and that cost is going to come. Republicans, after COVID we have been handed a once in a lifetime For local jails, however, the portion of people held, in many cases pretrial, for violent crimes is less than a third. Conaway got revenge. Theres no doubt I made some pretty piss-poor choices. I go into great detail about how disappointing it was to get labeled the guy that voted to drug test food stampers, which, again, I did not do directly. I think that we can work with him. Radel says of the House Democratic leader from California. Trey Radel ( Full name: Henry Jude Trey Radel III) is an American actor, author, political commentator, and radio personality. Florida Congressman Trey Radel appears to be in rare company. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Todays Democratic Party is the party of people who are more concerned with masks and pronouns than helping families keep food on the table. What we are doing is taking someone who would be an otherwise good, productive member of society a father, a mother, a husband or wife and we are destroying the family nucleus when they get locked up. April 3, 2023. Radel was heavily favored to win because 19th has long been reckoned as one of the most Republican districts in Florida. Gov. [18] On January 27, 2014, Radel announced he would resign from Congress. Blow by Blow: 10 Politicians Linked to Cocaine - Rolling Stone