Jimmy Hoffa
Posted on | December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
In 1964, Hoffa was convicted of bribing a grand juror and received a sentence of 15 years in jail. He appealed. His appeals ran out. In 1967 he was incarcerated. At the time of his conviction he was the president of the teamsters. He handed over the reigns of the teamsters to a Frank Fitzsimmons.
In 1971, Hoffa was given a conditional commutation by Nixon. The condition was that Hoffa not be involved in the teamsters and not be involved with unions for a period of ten years following his release from custody. Hoffa was unhappy with the condition and planned to challenge the condition of the commutation in court.
Before Hoffa got could start his challenge of the condition from Nixon, he went missing in 1975 in Michigan.
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January 4th, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
Much love for this blog. I’m going to purchase my buddy the Nixon 51-30! I hope he likes it.