"mr. renziabused his power and corresponding trust became a being a member of congress by putting his own financial interest or the interest of citizens." to break down this case and what applications it may have to milers joined earlier by the director of the citizens for responsibility -- it may have, i was joined earlier by the director of the citizens first possibility. >> this was the bigger part of the case, the part that really advocated the abuse of public trust. mr. renzi used his position in congress to insist that the coppermine purchase plaland for. salmon in order for mr. sam went to pay back a debt that he owed to representative renzi. the truss company was not interested in this land. they were interested in making a land swap for some other land. but renzi kept pushing this land and he wanted it valued at a much higher price than it was worth. eventually, summoned from the resolution trust company went to federal prosecutors zen told him -- eventually, someone from the resolution

this is the bigger part of the case the one that really implicated use of the public trust mr renzi used his position in congress to insist that the resolution trust coppermine purchased land from representative from mr sandlin in order for mr sandlin to pay back a debt that he owed to representative renzi and the resolution trust company didn't wasn't really that interested in this land they were initially interested in making a land swap for some other land but then renzi kept pushing this land and then he wanted it to be valued at a much higher price than it was worth and eventually somebody from the resolution trust company went to federal prosecutors and told them about what was going on in this case representative renzi then fight this case tooth and nail for really seven years it went all the way up to the ninth circuit court of appeals they tried to go to the supreme court the supreme court turned down the case and it has been winding its way through the courts and frankly it's just it's not very satisfying to see him get only three years in jail for such a flagrant abuse of powe