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         Former US Congressman Pleads Not Guilty in Zimbabwe Porn Case

   A former U.S. congressman arrested in Zimbabwe this week has pleaded
   not guilty to charges of possessing pornography.
   Mel Reynolds entered his plea in a Harare courtroom Wednesday. He is
   due to appear again Thursday to enter a plea on a separate charge that
   he broke Zimbabwe's immigration laws.
   Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper reported Wednesday that Reynolds
   had made dozens of pornographic videos with women at two Harare hotels.
   It reported he had also overstayed his visa and run up hotel bills of
   more than $24,000.
   Reynolds was once considered a rising star in the U.S. Democratic
   Party. He resigned his seat in the House of Representatives in 1995
   after being convicted of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and
   solicitation of child pornography.
   While in jail in the United States, he was also convicted of bank and
   campaign fraud. His sentence was commuted by President Bill Clinton in
   2001.
   Reynolds made attempts to win back his Chicago-area congressional seat
   in 2004 and 2013 but lost primary elections both times.
   In Zimbabwe, he reportedly tried to attract investors for a hotel
   project.
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