CA-Democratic State Senator Sentenced for Perjury, Voter Fraud

Democratic State Senator Sentenced for Perjury, Voter Fraud


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BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
September 14, 2014 12:13 pm

Democratic California state senator Roderick Wright was convicted Friday on eight felony counts including perjury and voter fraud and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Via Reuters:

Senator Roderick Wright of Los Angeles was convicted in January of lying about whether he lived in the district he sought to represent, the first in a string of criminal proceedings against three state senators this year that effectively cost Democrats their two-thirds majority in the California Senate.

“This is not what I call a victimless crime,” said Judge Kathleen Kennedy, who denied Wright’s request for a new trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.

She said Wright was no longer eligible to hold elective office in California.

Wright is one of several Democrats in the Golden State to face serious criminal charges. Senator Leland Yee was suspended after his indictment on racketeering, wire fraud, and conspiracy charges and Democrat Ron Calderon is fighting a litany of charges, including two dozen counts of bribery and fraud.

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Rod Wright steps down from the California Senate - The Sacramento Bee

Sen. Rod Wright, sentenced to jail Friday for getting convicted of perjury and voting fraud, said that he has resigned from the Senate. But he plans to remain on the payroll for 1 a lot more week.In a telephone contact with The Sacramento Bee, Wright said...

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Sen. Rod Wright, sentenced to jail Friday for getting convicted of perjury and voting fraud, said that he has resigned from the Senate. But he plans to remain on the payroll for 1 a lot more week.

In a telephone contact with The Sacramento Bee, Wright said he sent Senate officials his resignation letter Monday, stating that he’s stepping down powerful Sept. 22.

“My Senate career is over. My legislative career is over,” Wright stated. “I don’t believe now that I did anything incorrect. Definitely nothing criminal. But a jury saw differently... So I have to live with that.”

Wright stated he plans to return to Sacramento to clean out his office just before he begins his 90-day jail sentence on Oct. 31.

California law calls for legislative candidates to live in the districts they seek to represent. A Los Angeles judge and jury convicted Wright of eight felonies for claiming a house in Inglewood as his official address whilst he in fact lived in Baldwin Hills, which is outside his district’s boundaries. The judge stated he is barred for life from holding public office.
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