At his sentencing Thursday, Mel Reynolds, 66, got six months in prison for failing to file tax returns on more than $400,000 he received for consulting work. “It's a tragedy that you squandered the opportunities you had and the type of person you could have become," Gettleman said. Prosecutors say the undeclared income was money made consulting for Chicago businessmen in Zimbabwe, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. - Mel Reynolds, former congressman from Illinois“The question is, How long does a person have to pay for mistakes?" "I've given up on America because how long do African-Americans put up with this nonsense?”The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Source: Fox News May 11, 2018 08:48 UTC