Richard Kelly (politician)
- Richard Kelly (politician)
Infobox Congressman
name=Richard Kelly
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state=Florida
district=5th
party=Republican
term=1975 - 1981
preceded=Bill Gunter
succeeded=Bill McCollum
date of birth=birth date|1924|7|31|mf=y
place of birth=Atlanta, Georgia
date of death=death date and age|2005|8|22|1924|7|31|mf=y
place of death=Stevensville, Montana
spouse=
current occupation=U.S. Representative Richard Kelly of Florida (July 31, 1924–August 22, 2005) was an American politician who was the only Republican convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scandal. The conviction was later overturned on the basis that the FBI had used entrapment. However, an appeals court upheld the conviction and he served 13 months in federal prison. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050829/ai_n15618116]
In a February 6 interview with NBC News, Kelly admitted that he had accepted $25,000 in cash from agents, but claimed that he was conducting his own investigation; that he hadn't reported the payoff because "I didn't want to blow my cover," and that he had spent some of the money to lead the wrongdoers into thinking that he was "on the hook". [ Facts on File 1980 Yearbook, p82 ]
As a district court judge, Kelly had attempted to reform Florida's justice system by insisting that attorneys appear in court in appropriate dress. Kelly died August 22, 2005 in Stevensville, Montana.
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