Rep. Trey Radel To Resign Following Cocaine Possession Arrest
Went to rehab after pleading guilty
(Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Trey Radel, who was charged in November with buying cocaine, plans to resign from Congress on Monday, according to the Politico news outlet.
Radel, 37, whose election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 had the backing of the conservative Tea Party movement, returned to Congress in January, six weeks after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and checked into a rehab clinic.
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If only he represented Harlem and was a tax cheat, he'd be scot-free.