Disgraced Congressman's Antiques Hit The Auction Block

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 21st 2006 at 7:07PM

Call it schadenfreude but it's hard not to take a certain pleasure in watching the ill-gotten gains of disgraced Congressman Randy Cunningham hit the auction block. Cunningham, who accepted bribes from defense contractors, is currently serving a long prison term. Cunningham had a lust for antiques and his Oriental rugs and marble-topped armories currently share space in a government auction warehouse with goods seized in smuggling and money-laundering operations. Cunningham's goods go on sale Thursday in Santo Dominguez, California. The proceeds from Cunningham's loot will FBI and the IRS (he still owes $1.8 million in back taxes). The list of everything available at the auction can be found here.

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