“From the outset, U.S. Rep. Trey Radel — a brash and digitally savvy darling of the political right — was determined to make a name for himself. And so he has.
Just 10 months after being sworn in as a member of Congress, the rookie Republican — who supported drug testing for food stamp recipients and championed cuts in sheep-farm subsidies, of all things — pleaded guilty to cocaine possession, took a leave of absence from politics and checked into a Naples rehabilitation center. “*
The career of promising GOP Congressman Trey Radel looked derailed when he was busted for cocaine. But, is redemption around the corner for the republican? Cnek Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more from ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cocaine-bust-derails-fledgling-gop-congressman-20990241
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