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TexasTowelie

(116,760 posts)
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 06:56 AM Oct 2019

Chris Collins is pleading for leniency. His critics have other ideas

WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Chris Collins Monday sent an email to friends and associate asking them to reach out to the judge in his insider trading case and argue for leniency.

But longtime Collins critics plan on writing to the judge, too – to press for just the opposite.

That means U.S. District Court Judge Vernon S. Broderick is likely to get radically different portrayals of the now-departed four-term lawmaker from Clarence – who recently moved to Florida – before the sentencing hearing next Jan. 17.

Collins, not surprisingly, wants people to accentuate the positive.

"It is important for us to get letters of support from those who know me best and can attest to my character and years of service and accomplishments," Collins wrote.

Read more: https://buffalonews.com/2019/10/07/chris-collins-now-a-florida-resident-asks-friends-for-help-on-sentence/

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Chris Collins is pleading for leniency. His critics have other ideas (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
Your 'character' is that you think the rules don't apply to you. House of Roberts Oct 2019 #1

House of Roberts

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1. Your 'character' is that you think the rules don't apply to you.
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:31 AM
Oct 2019

That rules are for 'the little people'.

Give him the maximum. Give all white collar crime the maximum, until it no longer exists.

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