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Law Practice

Dec. 9, 2010

Jury convicts ex-candidate in case of letters to Latino voters

A federal jury late Tuesday convicted a former Republican congressional candidate of obstruction of justice in connection with letters sent to 14,000 Latino voters warning them away from the polls in the fall of 2006.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - A federal jury late Tuesday convicted a former Republican congressional candidate of obstruction of justice in connection with letters sent to 14,000 Latino voters warning them away from the polls in the fall of 2006. Following 13 hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Tan Duc Nguyen, who ran against Rep. Loretta Sanchez, of lying to investigators looking into the mailings. But the jury hu...

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