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Congress Expels Myers After Curiously Boozy Bribe Defense
New York columnist lauds Rep. Michael J. Myers of Philadelphia as the first House member expelled since the Civil War. Myers argued he took bribe money but was a swindler not a bribe taker, a defense framed around alcohol and distortion of justice.
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