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'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born 1973) was a two-time candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[California]].  In 2006, he ran as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] against incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Loretta Sanchez]] in [[California's 47th congressional district]].

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Despite the California Attorney General declining to press charges against Nguyen, a federal grand jury indicted him on a charge of [[obstruction of justice]] brought against him by the [[United States Attorney]]'s Office for the Central District of California and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news |title=California: Campaign Flier Case  |author= |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 3, 2008 |url=http
s://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/us/03brfs-CAMPAIGNFLIE_BRF.html}}</ref> There were two jury trials which were presided over by United States District Court Judge [[David O. Carter]].<ref name="FBI" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Congressional candidate's trial delayed |first=Martin |last=Wisckol |newspaper=[[Orange County Register]] |date=May 4, 2010 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/totalbuzz/tan-467740-http-nguyen.html }}</ref> Nguyen was found guilty by a jury and was sentenc(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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