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Another St. Louis Pol Convicted

The conviction [for taking bribes] derailed what had been a promising political career for the northside politician. He was elected to the 57th district seat after his wife, State Representative Yaphett El-Amin vacated it to seek the Democratic nomination for the fourth Senate District seat in 2006. She lost that race to Democrat Jeff Smith who is now serving a year long federal prison term for lying to federal agents about campaign activities during his 2004 bid for Congress. "TD" El-Amin had been considered a frontrunner for Smith's Missouri Senate seat until he too ran afoul of the law

Also disclosed was information that might have been material to his election in the first place, if St. Louis weren't a corrupt machine town:

A pre-sentence investigation revealed El-Amin was convicted by "special court-martial" while a member of the U.S. Navy. He served four months of punishment before leaving the service with a "less than honorable discharge."

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