NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former congressman Chris Collins to 26 months in prison for his part in an insider trading scheme and lying to the FBI. “You had a duty to meet and you betrayed ...

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Former Rep. Chris Collins, President Donald Trump’s first congressional supporter, should serve nearly five years in prison for insider trading and lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors recommended to a judge Monday. A lengthy sentence is necessary “to promote respect ...

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Dozens of New Yorkers in former Congressman Chris Collins’s upstate district urged a judge to jail him for a long time following his guilty plea to insider trading. “Lock him up and throw away the key,” wrote Collins’s former constituent ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The son of former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins pleaded guilty Thursday in an insider trading case that ruined his Republican father’s political career. Cameron Collins admitted in his plea in federal court in Manhattan that he ...

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Rep. Christopher Collins, a Republican from New York who was an early supporter of Donald Trump’s presidential run, is resigning from his seat, according to officials in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. The congressman, was charged last year with trading on ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indicted Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Collins declared victory Tuesday in his western New York district, saying a count of absentee ballots preserved his lead over Democratic challenger Nate McMurray. “Congressman Collins led and won on election ...

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Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., who is under federal indictment for alleged insider trading and lying to investigators, is locked in a close race for reelection in his heavily Republican Buffalo-area district, a new poll finds. Three weeks from Election Day, ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indicted U.S. Rep. Chris Collins said Wednesday he’ll campaign for his western New York seat, vowing to serve if voters re-elect him in November. The Republican’s announcement on Twitter came two days after he said he ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indicted U.S. Rep. Chris Collins of New York will remain on the November ballot despite previously suspending his campaign, confounding Republican Party leaders in his district Monday who had counted on Collins’ cooperation to replace him. ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indicted Republican Rep. Chris Collins said it was “the shock of all shocks” when he learned from two federal agents that he was under criminal investigation, and he acknowledged reports that he had rejected a plea ...

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WASHINGTON – The House Ethics Committee voted Thursday to investigate Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Chris Collins, R-N.Y., a move that comes after the lawmakers were indicted in separate cases within the past month. Hunter and his wife face charges ...

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