You’d Think They’d Know Better, But These Politicians Committed The Wildest Crimes Of The 20th Century

Mel Reynolds Got Re-Elected Despite Being A Creeper

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Mel Reynolds resigned from Congress after a conviction of statutory rape in 1995. The former Democratic Illinois Representative was indicted in 1994 after an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer came to light. Although he managed to get re-elected with no opposition, he resigned after a conviction of 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography. Sentenced to five years in prison, Reynolds expected to be released by 1998, but in 1997 he was again convicted on 16 unrelated accounts of bank fraud, misuse of campaign funds, and lying to FEC investigators.