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TRAFICANT v. C.I.R.

No. 88-1271.

884 F.2d 258 (1989)

James TRAFICANT, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Traficant, Jr., Poland, Mich., pro se.

Matthew T. Fekete (argued), Youngstown, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

Gary R. Allen, Acting Chief, Ann Belanger Durney, Linda E. Mosakowski, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Charles E. Brookhart (argued), Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for C.I.R.

Before MERRITT and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

James A. Traficant, Jr., formerly Sheriff in and now a member of Congress from Youngstown, Ohio, appeals on several grounds from the ruling of the Tax Court that he failed to report $108,000 in bribes on his 1980 income tax return, and that the underpayment was due to fraud within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 6653(b).1 89 T.C. 501 (1987), [1987 Transfer Binder] Tax Ct. Rep. (CCH...

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