Episode 4: Beam Me Up, Mr. Speaker | Cornelia ”Cora” Knutson and James ”Jimbo” Traficant

Hillary and Tina cover former Minnesota US House Representative Cornelia “Coya” Knutson and former Ohio US House Representative James “Jimbo” Traficant.

Sources:
Tina's Story
Wikipedia
Youngstown, Oh
RICO

The New Republic
Crimetown, USA--David Grann

Showbiz Cheatsheet
“Surprising Things You Never Knew about the House of Representatives”--Rachel Diaz

Independent
“James Traficant: Maverick politician who became only the second person to be thrown out of Congress since the American Civil War”--Matt Schudel

NPR
"Ex-Rep. James Traficant Dies at 73"--on Morning Edition

Forbes
“James Traficant Jr. And The Taxpayer's Burden”--Peter Reilly

Law Resource
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Document

Morning Journal
“James Traficant cause of death was asphyxia, coroner says”--AP

Congressional Research Service
“ Status of a Senator Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony”--Jack Maskell

Downfall Dictionary
“Jim Traficant Beamed Out”--Dirk Langeveld

CNN
“Traficant guilty of bribery, racketeering”

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
United States vs. Traficant--02-3864

American Mafia
“The Trials of Traficant”--James Ridgway deSzigethy

Amazon Prime
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Photos
Belt Magazine
“‘A Champion of the People’: Youngstown Says Goodbye to Jim Traficant”--Vince Guerrieri
Traficant Memorabilia

Thinking Through History
"Friday Fun: The Absurd, The Serious, And The Useless In History Trivia"--Tim Lacy
Traficant Leisure Suit

NPR
“Why Youngstown, Ohio Loved ‘Jimbo’ Traficant--Marilyn Geewax
Traficant Courtroom--Associated Press--Joe Marquette

Hillary's Story
NPR
"The Congresswoman Whose Husband Called Her Home"--Liz Halloran
The New York Times
"Coya Knutson, 82, Legislator; Husband Sought Her Defeat"--Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr.
Smithsonian Magazine
"Friends in the House, Hostility at Home"--Gilbert King

Photos
MNopedia
Coya Knutson, 1955
Coya with Farmers

History, Art, and Archives
Coya and Andy Knutson--Associated Press Wire Photo

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