195: Joe Bushner – Congressman James Traficant, Bribery and Corruption

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Retired agent Joe Bushner reviews his investigation of Congressman James Traficant, who was indicted on 10 charges, including bribery, racketeering and tax evasion. This was the second time Traficant was charged with being corrupt. Although not a lawyer, Traficant, a colorful public official known for his outrageous behavior and language, represented himself during both federal trials. The first trial, when he was a county Sheriff, resulted in an acquittal. Joe Bushner’s case resulted in a conviction and an eight-year prison sentence.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 195 of FBI Retired Case Fow Review of Jerry Williams.
0:12.1	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the
0:15.8	FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews
0:22.0	with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to
0:26.1	retired agent Joseph Bushner who served in the FBI for 22 years. During his Bureau career, Joe investigated public corruption,
0:37.4	organized crime and white-collar crime matters to include corporate fraud, health care fraud, and financial institution fraud
0:46.3	while working in the Youngstown resident agency out of the Cleveland Field Office and
0:51.5	in the Philadelphia Division.
0:54.0	In this episode, Joe Bushner reviews his investigation of Congressman James Trafficant,
1:01.0	who was indicted on 10 charges including bribery, racketeering, and
1:05.8	tax evasion.
1:07.1	Joe's investigation was the second time Congressman Trafficant was charged with being corrupt. Although not an attorney,
1:15.8	Traficant, a colorful public official known for his outrageous behavior,
1:21.2	represented himself during both federal trials. The first trial when he was a county sheriff resulted in an acquittal.
1:30.2	But Joe Bushner's case resulted in a conviction and an eight-year prison sentence.
1:36.2	Joe also served as a supervisor at Seag's, the Criminal Justice Information Service Division in Clarksville, West Virginia, and he gives us a bonus mini episode about the National Database Fingerprint and Identification Center.
1:54.0	Before retiring from the FBI, Joe was an ASAC in the Philadelphia Division, where he was in charge of the
2:00.8	Field Office's Criminal Branch.
2:03.0	Currently, Joe Bushner serves as the President of Entrust Advisors, LLC,
2:10.0	a firm dedicated to excellence in active shooter in crisis management training as well as
2:17.3	investigations and cyber and physical security. You can learn more about Joe Bushner and his firm on his
2:25.0	website at Philly investigators.com. I also want to give a shout out to Joe's
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