Former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, who landed in prison on corruption charges, died Saturday, according to multiple media reports.
Traficant’s death was reported Saturday by the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator.
The 17-year congressman was injured Tuesday after a tractor flipped over on him inside a barn at his farm outside Youngstown. He was at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown, where he had remained unconscious and in critical condition.
Traficant in 2002 became just the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War after being convicted on federal bribery and racketeering charges.
Traficant was sentenced July 30, 2002, to eight years in prison on 10 felony counts. His sentence was reduced because of good behavior and he was set free in September 2009.