Prosecutors' Sentencing Recommendation:
Rep. Duke Cunningham
02-18-2006
Updated: 02-18-2006

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham first won election to Congress in 1990 promising to be "a congressman we can be proud of". In the summer of 2005, he became enmeshed in wide-ranging bribery scandal. And on November 28th, 2005 pled guilty to charges of bribery and tax evasion. On February 17th, 2006, federal prosecutors submitted a 35 page "government's sentencing memorandum" detailing Cunningham's various bad acts in support of the government's request that he be sentenced to 10 years in prison.