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Victor H. "Vic" Kohring (born August 2, 1958, in Waukegan, Illinois) is a former member of the Alaska House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to seven consecutive two-year terms beginning in 1994. Kohring represented Wasilla in District 26 and then District 14, after redistricting due to the 2000 U.S. Census. He resigned on July 19, 2007 after a corruption probe. Kohring was indicted on federal bribery and extortion charges on May 4, 2007. He, along with former state legislators, Republicans Pete Kott and Bruce Weyhrauch, were accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from VECO, an oilfield services company. Their offices were among 20 searched by FBI agents on August 31, 2006. Kohring resigned his seat on June 20, 2007.〔('Alaska Republican Victor Kohring resigns under pressure of indictments ), Alaska Report, 20 June 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.〕 On November 1, 2007, a federal jury found Kohring guilty in three out of four criminal charges and acquitted on the fourth, a charge of extortion. In May 2008, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Corruption investigation who's who )〕 Kohring asked outgoing President George W. Bush for a pardon that was not granted. Kohring was released on June 11, 2009. The conviction was vacated, and in 2011, Kohring agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being sentenced to time served and conditions on his release.〔(Prosecutors Outline Kott, Kohring Plea Agreements ''Associated Press/Alaska Public Radio Network 10/19/11'' )〕 Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens was also charged and convicted in a case that hinged, in part, on the prosecution of Kohring. The seven felony convictions of Stevens were eventually vacated because of prosecutorial misconduct.〔United States of America v. Theodore F. Stevens No. 1:08-cr-00231-EGS Document 324 Filed 04/01/2009 @ https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/04512482916〕 Kohring later attempted running for a seat on the Wasilla City Council. He was defeated by a 2-1 margin on October 1, 2013.〔('AK Beat: Vic Kohring loses bid for Wasilla City Council seat' ), Alaska Dispatch, 1 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.〕 in 2014 Kohring was the Alaskan Independence Party candidate for the U.S. Senate from Alaska. He withdrew from the race in September 2014 and endorsed Republican challenger Dan Sullivan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=August 19, 2014 Primary Candidate List )〕 ==See also== * Alaska political corruption probe 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vic Kohring」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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