Bye Mel

This idiot is still stealing oxygen:

• Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds is headed back to jail, but for a short enough time — four months — that he said hopes to be living in Africa by Christmas.
  
  “I’m done with America. I’m going to do this, and I’m going home — to Africa. … I’ve given up on America,” Reynolds told reporters after U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman sentenced him to six months imprisonment for his failure to file income tax returns.
  
  With credit for two months previously served after he was jailed in 2016 for violating bond conditions, Reynolds will only need to spend an additional four months in custody to complete his sentence.
  
  Federal prosecutors had sought a sentence of up to 27 months in prison for Reynolds, as suggested under federal sentencing guidelines, largely based on his two prior convictions.

You'd think that someone who had spent some time in the federal system would do everything in their power to avoid spending more time there. But not Mel. Mel's on his third stint. After a meteoric rise from poverty, to Rhodes scholar, to Harvard grad to US Rep, Mel diddled an underage campaign worker, got caught up in bank fraud schemes and failed to file income tax returns for a dozen or more years.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass.