Rep. Trey Radel Takes Leave Of Absence After Guilty Plea
Self-proclaimed “hip-hop” Tea Party congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) announced late Wednesday evening that he is taking a leave of absence from Congress:
Late Wednesday evening, Radel announced that he is taking a “leave of absence” from his position. But he seemed determined not to resign.
“I’m sorry. I have no excuse for what I’ve done. . . . I’ve let down our constituents, I’ve let down my family,” he said in an emotional 10:30 p.m. news conference from one of his offices in Florida. “I’ve let down my wife, and although he doesn’t know it, I’ve let down our 2-year-old son.”
Earlier in the day, the congressman was in a DC court entering a guilty plea:
… to a misdemeanor drug-possession charge in D.C. Superior Court. He was sentenced to one year of probation and will undergo substance abuse treatment in Florida.
