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July 25, 2007

Convicted congressman transferred to San Diego from Tucson lockup

The Arizona Daily Sun

SAN DIEGO - Former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who is serving more than eight years in prison for accepting bribes, has been transferred to a downtown jail, but his attorney and federal prosecutors won't say why.

Cunningham has been cooperating with federal prosecutors as they prepare for the September trial of Brent Wilkes, a defense contractor charged with bribing the congressman in exchange for contracts.

Wilkes has pleaded not guilty to more than 30 counts of bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

Cunningham, 66, is listed as an inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center across the street from the courthouse where he was sentenced in March 2006. He has been serving time at a medical facility in North Carolina and at a low-security work camp near Tucson, Ariz.

Posted by Editor at July 25, 2007 12:52 AM

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