steve stockman said he had to run against cornyn because cornyn was too left-wing. so stockman gave up his house seat to challenge the sitting senator instead. the challenge against senator cornyn ultimately included a libel lawsuit that steve stockman brought against a political action committee that was supporting senator cornyn. stockman sued that pac because they said on their website that steve stockman had by that time already been imprisoned multiple times. stockman filed a libel lawsuit against them for that. the problem is he had actually been imprisoned multiple times. even before his current stint in prison right now. back in the day he was in jail a lot, it turns out. and that turns out to be the sort of thing that can be fairly easily checked in public records. and steve stockman had already admitted his multiple stints behind bars to multiple reporters on multiple occasions. so it wasn't a super smart idea to bring a libel suit on that point in particular. but that's steve stockman. steve stockman, texas republican congressman, convicted felon, currentl

but i want to start tonight with congressman steve stockman.n is a republican. he's from texas. and right now, this second, he is in prison. he was arrested last spring. he was convicted last month. and immediately after he was convicted, he was taken into federal custody, to

but i want to start tonight with congressman steve stockman.ongressman steve stockman is a republican. he's from texas. and right now