I've not found any credible information about the criminal records of congress people, but there is some internet gossip on the matter. One popular urban legend from 1999:
According to an investigation by Capitol Hill Blue, an online publication that covers federal politics, a remarkable number of U.S.
Representatives and U.S. Senators may have spent as much time in a jail cell as on Capitol Hill.
After researching public records, newspaper articles, civil court transcripts, and criminal records, Capitol Hill Blue discovered that:
* 29 members of Congress have been accused of spousal abuse.
* 7 have been arrested for fraud.
* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
* 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses.
* 3 have been arrested for assault.
* 71 have credit reports so bad they can't qualify for a credit card.
* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
* 8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
* 21 are current defendants in lawsuits.
* And in 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity.
In trying to answer this I came across this Snopes article. It clarifies how it can not confirm nor deny (hmm, sound familiar?) any allegations.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp
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Criminal records are open and available to the public. You can search for criminal records at courts.ky.gov.
To find criminal records online for free you can go to Criminal Searches, Intelligater, Criminal Background, Vital Records, Public Arrest Records and Black and White Book.
Do any of the President's advisers have criminal records?
Yes, felonies show up on criminal records.
Amelia Earhart did not have criminal records of any kind.
Criminal records in the United States may be found at local courthouses. Online databases on government websites, such as the FBI, also have searchable criminal records.
Derek Hinton has written: 'The criminal records book' -- subject(s): Access control, Criminal registers, Directories, Police, Records and correspondence, States, Criminal records 'The Criminal Record Manual'
The records kept about congress are placed in a publication called the Congressional Record.
criminal arrest records for Ervin wayne short jr
Thirty percent of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of The Parlaiment of India,Êand 17 percent of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house,Êhave criminal records.
I would turn it around - how can we get congress to vote the way the people want? and how can i get records of which congressmen are voting the way opinion polls go, and which ones are defying us or voting just on party lines?
Forever. Criminal records are permanent.