Anonymous wrote:Whst was with the bank fraud convictions that he got them commuted?

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Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison, thus he expected to be released in 1998. However, in April 1997 he was convicted on 15 unrelated counts of bank fraud and lying to SEC investigators. These charges resulted in an additional sentence of 78 months in federal prison. Reynolds served all of his first sentence, and served 42 months in prison for the later charges. At that point, President Bill Clinton commuted the sentence for bank fraud. As a result, Reynolds was released from prison and served the remaining time in a halfway house.[3][4]

Whst was with the bank fraud convictions that he got them commuted?

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/544/article/p2p-79346650/

Democratic convicted sex offender Reynolds was an Illinois congressperson from 1993 to 1995 and recently sought to fill the seat of disgraced Illinois former congressperson Jesse Jackson Jr. He also ran in 2004 for a return to congress but was defeated by Jackson Jr.

Reynolds claimed to be in Zimbabwe working to have all sanctions against dictator and racist thug Robert Mugabe dropped.

While serving a five year child porn sentence, he was convicted of 15 counts of bank fraud and lying to the SEC. Bill Clinton commuted Reynold's sentence in 2001.

Currently, he is also charged with failure to pay his hotel bills, totaling $24,500.