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  1. April 03, 2018

    Staffer 'Couldn't See A Way Out' Of Ex-Congressman's Scam

    A former top aide to ex-U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, told jurors on Tuesday that he went along with the congressman's alleged scheme to use charitable donations to fund personal expenses and political campaigns, saying once he realized the full extent of the operation he “couldn't see a way out of it.”

  2. March 29, 2018

    Ex-Stockman Staffer Testifies Against Boss, Details Scheme

    A man who once served as special assistant to former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, was on the stand most of the day Thursday in Stockman's criminal trial, explaining to jurors exactly how he and the congressman would solicit what were supposed to be charitable donations and then use them for personal and campaign expenses.

  3. March 28, 2018

    Ex-US Rep. Used Charity Cash For Trips And More, Jury Told

    A forensic accountant for the FBI told jurors on Wednesday that former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, took a total of $450,000 in charitable donations from now-deceased millionaire and philanthropist Stanford Z. Rothschild Jr., deposited the funds into accounts he controlled and used the money for personal expenses.

  4. March 27, 2018

    Ex-Texas Rep. Had Mail Co. Prez Ask For Cash, Jurors Hear

    The president of a direct mail service company told jurors on Tuesday that, at the urging of then-U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, he authored a letter to a conservative megadonor asking him to foot the bill for a mailing campaign to send more than 800,000 phony tabloid newspapers to potential Stockman voters.

  5. March 22, 2018

    Charitable Donation Funded Rep.'s Surveillance, Jurors Told

    Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, funneled about $32,000 of what was intended to be a $350,000 charitable donation to fund a surveillance project on a possible primary opponent, jurors were told Thursday on the third day of testimony in Stockman's criminal trial.

  6. March 20, 2018

    Ex-Rep. From Texas Ran $1.25M Charity Scam, Feds Say

    Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, R-Texas, solicited about $1.25 million in contributions from wealthy donors under the guise the funds would be used for charitable causes when in actuality the money went to fund his political ambitions, federal prosecutors told jurors in Houston Tuesday, the first day of testimony in a criminal trial.

  7. January 01, 2018

    Texas Cases To Watch In 2018

    Three Texas lawmakers face criminal trials in 2018, a year that will also be marked by a major white collar health care fraud trial in Dallas and appellate decisions on who can bear the blame for an alleged $1 billion Medicaid fraud and a first-of-its-kind question about whether Texas extends attorney-client privilege to nonlawyer patent agents. Here, Law360 highlights cases worth watching in 2018.

  8. November 17, 2017

    Feds Fight Ex-Rep.'s Bid To Toss Donation Theft Indictment

    Federal prosecutors on Friday told a Texas federal judge that former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman had made a meritless attempt to dismiss several of the more than two dozen criminal charges against him for alleged funneling of charitable donations to his campaigns.

  9. October 25, 2017

    Ex-Rep. Says Mailer Not Campaign Ad In Donation Theft Case

    Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, who is facing more than two dozen criminal charges related to his alleged funneling of charitable donations to his campaigns, asked a federal judge in Texas on Tuesday to dismiss one of the charges of making an excessive contribution, arguing the government didn't offer enough evidence to get an indictment on that count.

  10. October 12, 2017

    Ex-Congressional Staffer Admits To Fraud, Money Laundering

    A former congressional aide agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable organizations in order to fund his boss' political campaign.

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