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In 2018, Stockman was convicted on 23 felony counts related to money laundering and misuse of campaign contributions. He was sentenced to serve ten years in prison, and was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution.<ref name="texasmonthly.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto">Template:Cite news</ref>

On December 22, 2020, President Donald Trump commuted Stockman's prison term.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life, education, and business careerEdit

Stockman was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, outside Detroit. His parents were evangelistic Christian teachers.<ref name=Clueless/> He graduated from Dondero High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. From 1985 to 1986, he attended San Jacinto College but dropped out because he suffered from what he called "partying syndrome". In 1977 as Stockman was reporting to jail for traffic tickets, the jailers found valium in his possession after his girlfriend allegedly hid some in his underwear. He was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, but the charge was later dropped.<ref name=Swartz>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=Gillman>Template:Cite news</ref> He later became a born-again Christian.<ref name="johngizzi">John Gizzi, Steve Stockman Vies for 36th Texas District Seat, Human Events, July 7, 2012</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1990, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Houston–Clear Lake.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He worked as a computer salesman in Friendswood, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

U.S. House of Representatives (1995–1997)Edit

ElectionsEdit

1990

Stockman's first run for Congress was in March 1990 in Texas's 9th congressional district. The district, anchored by Beaumont and Galveston, had been represented by Democratic Representative Jack Brooks since 1953. His primary challenger was Beaumont Mayor Maury Meyers.<ref name=brookswins>Template:Cite news</ref> Oliver North made appearances at two of Stockman's fundraisers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Meyers got 44.3% of the primary vote; Stockman, 41%.<ref name=brookswins/> Since no candidate had a majority, there was a runoff election and, with the support of third-place finisher Steve Clifford,<ref name=loser>Template:Cite news</ref> Meyers beat Stockman to win the Republican nomination.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1992

Stockman ran again in 1992 for the House in District 9. This time he was unopposed in the primary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The 1992 Republican National Convention was held in Houston in August of that year. Stockman organized a "congressional cruise" on the Houston Ship Channel as a fundraising opportunity, but no members of Congress attended.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Democrat Brooks defeated him 56% to 44%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1994

Stockman ran again for House District 9 in 1994. He had two challengers in the Republican primary: John LeCour and James Milburn. Stockman won the primary with a landslide 74%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

His Democratic opponent in the general election was, as before, incumbent Jack Brooks. Initially the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) endorsed Brooks and even donated $5,000 to his cause, while the Gun Owners of America endorsed Stockman.<ref name=tenure>Template:Cite news</ref> However, a number of NRA members threatened to resign from the organization over the issue and the NRA withdrew their support for Brooks, remaining neutral in the race.<ref name=tenure/> In a major upset, Stockman beat Brooks, who, had he won, would have become Dean of the United States House of Representatives,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> by 51% to 49%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1996

Stockman ran unopposed in the 1996 Republican primary.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July a federal court ordered the boundaries of 13 Texas House districts to be redrawn because of racial gerrymandering, although Stockman's district was barely affected.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Stockman won a plurality in the November election with 46%, forcing a runoff against Democratic Jefferson County assessor Nick Lampson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Lampson won the runoff election with 53% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

TenureEdit

During his 1995 term, Stockman opposed the U.S. bailout of the Mexican peso.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1995, Stockman wrote an article for Guns & Ammo claiming that the Waco siege had been orchestrated by the Clinton administration in order "to prove the need for a ban on so-called 'assault weapons.'"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He wrote further that "[h]ad Bill Clinton really been unhappy with what Attorney General Janet Reno ordered, he would not only have fired her, he would have had Reno indicted for premeditated murder." After the article was published, Stockman's office denied that he believed in Waco "conspiracy theories."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1995, Stockman called for a Congressional investigation into Alfred Kinsey's 1948 study Sexual Behavior in the Human Male after learning that Kinsey had used data from the diary of a pedophile.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Stockman believed that the allegations discredited current theories of sexual education in the United States, writing to his congressional colleagues that"[o]ur children have been taught that ... any type of sex is a valid outlet for their emotions. They are taught that the problem with sex is not that it is wrong to engage in homosexual, bestial, underage, or premarital sex, but that it is wrong to do so without protection."<ref name="Swartz"/>

In 1995 and 1996, Stockman was proud to have played a role in the federal government's shutdown.<ref name=Clueless>Congressman Clueless, Texas Monthly, Mimi Swartz, February 1996. Retrieved October 16, 2018.</ref> A 2010 Congressional Research Service report summarized other details of the 1995–1996 government shutdowns, indicating the shutdown impacted all sectors of the economy. Health and welfare services for military veterans were curtailed; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped disease surveillance; new clinical research patients were not accepted at the National Institutes of Health; and toxic waste cleanup at 609 sites was halted. Other impacts included: the closure of 368 National Park sites resulted in the loss of some seven million visitors; 200,000 applications for passports were not processed; and 20,000-30,000 applications by foreigners for visas went unprocessed each day; U.S. tourism and airline industries incurred millions of dollars in losses; more than 20% of federal contracts, representing $3.7 billion in spending, were affected adversely. The first of the two shutdowns caused the furlough of about 800,000 workers, while the second caused about 284,000 workers to be furloughed. They were said to have cost Stockman his reelection in 1996, and the Republican loss of seven seats in the House.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Committee assignments

House Committee on Banking and Financial Services<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Environment

Inter-congressional career (1997–2013)Edit

In 1998, Stockman ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the Texas Railroad Commission.<ref name=nr1/>

Between 2005 and 2007, Stockman worked with the conservative Leadership Institute<ref name=nr1/> as director of its Campus Leadership Program.<ref>Texas, 36th House District Template:Webarchive National Journal. Retrieved December 17, 2013</ref>

In 2006, he attempted to run as an independent candidate for Texas's 22nd congressional district, Tom DeLay's former seat, and even though he had enough signatures to qualify for ballot access, the Texas Secretary of State invalidated enough signatures to make him ineligible.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stockman registered for the special election to fill out the remainder of DeLay's term; he was one of five candidates.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He finished third, with 10.75% of the vote.

During his time away from Congress, Stockman also cared for his father, who had Alzheimer's disease. The cost of caring for him drove Stockman to declare bankruptcy<ref>In re Stephen E. Stockman and Patti F. Stockman, case no. 02-33843-H3-7, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Div.); petition filed April 5, 2002; discharge granted Oct. 24, 2002; case closed Oct. 24, 2002.</ref> and, when his father's disease became too severe, Stockman moved him to a veterans' home. When his father died, Stockman decided to run for Congress in the 2012 elections.<ref name=nr1/>

U.S. House of Representatives (2013–2015)Edit

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Stockman at the 2013 Liberty Political Action Conference

ElectionEdit

In 2011 Stockman formed an exploratory committee, Friends of Steve Stockman, to consider a run for the 14th district seat being vacated by unsuccessful presidential candidate Ron Paul. Stockman instead ran in 2012 in the newly created 36th District. It included the Harris County portion of Friendswood, where Stockman's home was located. The district was drawn to be heavily Republican, and it was understood that whoever won the Republican primary would be the district's first congressman. In the May 29 primary, Stockman finished second in the first round, behind Stephen Vincent Takach, a financial planner. Takach finished with 22 percent of the vote, far short of the 50 percent threshold required to win.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stockman defeated Takach in the July 31 runoff 55%–45%, all but assuring his return to Congress after a 16-year absence.<ref name=nyt>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the November general election, Stockman defeated Democrat Max Owen Martin, a retired pilot from Clear Lake City, Texas, with 71% of the vote.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

TenureEdit

In 2013, Stockman was one of ten Republicans who did not vote for John Boehner (R-Ohio) for Speaker of the House; he was the only representative to vote "Present" as his protest vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stockman opposes the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In 2013, Stockman supported a government shutdown caused by Republican members of Congress who sought to block a continuing resolution that includes funding for the Affordable Care Act.<ref>Sabrina Siddiqui, Steve Stockman: People In Wheelchairs Help Democrats Win Health Care Argument, Huffington Post (August 8, 2013).</ref> Stockman's last-minute decision to challenge Cornyn in the Republican primary for Senate was "sparked in part by Cornyn's role in helping end" the federal shutdown.<ref>Brian Rogers & Margaret Kadifa, Former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman blames 'deep state' conspiracy for arrest, Houston Chronicle (March 17, 2017).</ref>

In January 2013, Stockman introduced the "Safe Schools Act," a bill that would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. Stockman introduced the bill following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He asserted that "By disarming qualified citizens and officials in schools we have created a dangerous situation for our children."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same month, Stockman issued a press release condemning gun control executive orders issued by President Barack Obama post-Sandy Hook, stating, "I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment."<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In February 2013, Stockman voted against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, objecting to provisions in the bill that expanded protections for transgender victims of domestic violence. Stockman said, "This is helping the liberals, this is horrible. Unbelievable. What really bothers—it's called a women's act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that—how is that a woman?"<ref name=nr1>Template:Cite magazine</ref> That same month, Stockman also invited Ted Nugent, noted for his violent criticisms of Obama and other Democratic figures, to the 2013 State of the Union Address address.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On April 25, 2014, Stockman stated that the House Ethics Committee was investigating a campaign finance reporting error made by a former campaign worker. Stockman said the mistake was corrected soon after he learned of it, and that the worker had been removed from the campaign organization.<ref>Matthew Daly, "Texas Rep. Stockman says ethics inquiry underway," April 26, 2014, Associated Press.</ref>

Committee assignmentsEdit

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2014 U.S. Senate electionEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} On December 9, 2013, Stockman filed for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate for Texas against incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn.<ref name="WoodruffNR12092013">Woodruff, Betsy. Stockman Will Primary Cornyn, National Review, December 9, 2013.</ref><ref name="GlueckPolitico12092013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On December 31, Stockman visited Bitcoin center NYC to raise money and became the first U.S. Senate candidate to officially accept campaign contributions in cryptocurrency.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Donald "Donny" Ferguson, the former executive director of Western Tradition Partnership/American Tradition Partnership (ATP) and manager of their Washington, D.C. office, resigned on 3 January 2013, as it continued to suffer adverse rulings in Montana courts over alleged campaign finance violations.<ref>'Director of shadowy political group ATP resigns; group faces more legal troubles', Billings Gazette, By Mike Dennison, 4 January 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2018.</ref> Ferguson then became the congressional staffer and then U.S. Senate campaign spokesperson for Stockman.<ref>Stockman Campaign Denies It Was Behind Mailer, Texas Tribune, Aman Batheja, 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.</ref>

On March 4, 2014, Stockman polled 250,759 votes (19.2 percent) in his bid for the Republican nomination for the Senate.<ref>"Cornyn easily wins GOP nomination for US Senate," Associated Press, March 4, 2014, from KHOU-TV Houston, at [1].</ref> He placed second in a field of eight candidates on the ballot. Cornyn received 778,967 votes (59.44 percent).<ref name="enr.sos.state.tx.us">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On election night, Stockman quickly conceded and called upon Texas Republicans to vote the straight party ticket on November 4, 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Meanwhile, Brian Babin won the seat for District 36 as Stockman did not contest this seat.

Criminal caseEdit

In March 2017, Stockman was arrested for allegedly conspiring to use contributions designated for a charity to fund his campaign and for personal use, a felony, under Template:Usc.Template:Citation needed

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in January 2013, Stockman requested and received $350,000 in donations from an unidentified businessman. Stockman allegedly solicited the money by using the name of Life Without Limits, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit intended to help people who have experienced traumatic events. The donation was allegedly intended to be used to renovate the Freedom House in Washington D.C.<ref name="chronart">Template:Cite news</ref>

Stockman was also charged with conspiracy to falsify statements when reporting contributions to try to launder the money.<ref name="houstonart">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The FBI alleged that at the time of the events in question, Stockman had no formal control of the Life Without Limits organization, but that he had opened multiple bank accounts under the name "Stephen E Stockman dba Life Without Limits." The FBI also alleged that financial records indicate that Stockman "made no significant expenditures toward the purchase, renovation, or operation of the 'Freedom House,' which was never opened."<ref>Criminal Complaint and Affidavit, United States v. Stephen E. Stockman, case no. 17-mj-00331, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.</ref>

Stockman conspired with Thomas Dodd, a former campaign worker and congressional special assistant. According to the Houston Chronicle, the alleged conspiracy involved attempts "to bilk conservative foundations out of at least $775,000 in donations meant for charitable purposes or voter education". Dodd was indicted by a Federal grand jury in Houston and, on March 20, 2017, he pleaded guilty.<ref>Lise Olsen, "Alleged scam by Stockman detailed," March 23, 2017, pages A1 and A13, Houston Chronicle.</ref><ref>United States v. Thomas Dodd, case no. 17-cr-00116, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.</ref> Dodd was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to pay a fine of $800,000.<ref name=Posey/>

Stockman staffer Jason Posey entered a guilty plea before Chief U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal to counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. He faced a prison term of up to 45 years and a fine of more than $4.8 million, plus hundreds of thousands more in restitution. Posey admitted that at Stockman's direction he and Dodd illegally funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and individuals in charge of the foundations to pay for Stockman's campaigns and personal expenses. On April 2, 2019, Posey was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to pay a fine of $720,000.<ref name=Posey>Tupelo man sentenced in wire fraud case connected to GOP lawmaker, Associated Press, April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.</ref>

On March 28, 2017, a federal grand jury issued a 28 count indictment that included 24 counts against Stockman. He was accused of obtaining $1.25 million under false pretenses and using the funds for his political campaigns.<ref>Josh Gerstein, "Ex-congressman Stockman indicted in Texas," March 28, 2017, politico.com, at [2].</ref> He was charged with eleven counts of money laundering, eight counts of mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to make "conduit contributions" and false statements (conspiracy to conceal the real source of the contributions by false attribution), two counts of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission, one count of making excessive contributions, and one count of willfully filing a false 2013 Federal income tax return by not reporting some of his income. Posey was charged with money laundering, mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to make conduit contributions and false statements, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission, making excessive contributions, and falsification of records.<ref>News Release, "Former Texas Congressman and Associate Indicted on Conspiracy Charges," March 28, 2017, United States Department of Justice, at {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}.</ref><ref>First Superseding Indictment, March 28, 2017, docket entry 23, United States v. Stephen E. Stockman, Jason T. Posey, case no. 17-cr-00116, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Div.).</ref> Due to its complexity and the need for time to review 142,378 pages of documents disclosed by the prosecution, a motion for postponement of Stockman's trial by his court-appointed attorney was granted. His trial began on January 29, 2018.<ref>Former Texas Congressman’s Fraud Trial Pushed to 2018, Courthouse News Service, Cameron Langford, April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Ex-Hill staffer pleads guilty for running money laundering ring on behalf of former rep Steve Stockman, Washington Examiner, Kelly Cohen, Oct 11, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.</ref>

On April 12, 2018, Stockman was convicted by a jury on 23 of the 24 felony counts against him, for which he faced up to 20 years in prison for each count. He was acquitted on one count of wire fraud. Because he was judged to be a flight risk, he was remanded into custody pending sentencing,<ref name="texasmonthly.com"/><ref name="auto"/> which was re-set for November 7, 2018.Template:Citation needed

On November 7, 2018, he was sentenced to serve ten years in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be followed by three years of supervised release.<ref name="sentence">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stockman served his sentence at the low-security federal prison in Beaumont, Texas.<ref>Stephen Ernest Stockman, inmate # 23502-479, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Dep't of Justice, at Inmate locator</ref>

On December 22, 2020, Stockman's sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump and he was released from the Beaumont facility, serving only two years of his ten-year sentence. According to the White House, he will remain subject to a period of supervised release and an order requiring that he pay more than $1,000,000 in restitution.Template:Citation needed

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