A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.
Former Representative Duke Cunningham, an ace fighter pilot elected to Congress from San Diego whose combat heroics in Vietnam were forever marred by a bribery scandal that sent him to federal prison, died on Wednesday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 83…. [885 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2025-08-30T04:30:32Z
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