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'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born 1973) is an American former politician. He twice stood as a 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]].

(contracted; show full)cratic process of voting. You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in imprisonment, and you will be deported for voting without having the right to do so.<ref>{{cite news|first=Norberto, Jr. |last=Santana |url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1326599.php |title=Nguyen's campaign office raided |newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]] |date=October 21, 2006 |access
-date=October 23, 2006}}</ref>

The letter was issued on the letterhead of the [[California Coalition for Immigration Reform]]; however, its chairwoman denied any involvement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-scare17oct17,1,5513175.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true|title=State Investigating Intimidating Letter Sent to O.C. Latinos|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Delson|first=Jennifer|date=October 17, 2006|access-date=2006-10-26}}</ref>  Nguyen denied any personal involvement in the incident, and stated that an employee in his office who might have been responsible had since been fired.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Prengaman |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/19/national/a140727D82.DTL&type=politics |title=OC GOP urges candidate whose campaign sent letter to withdraw |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 19, 2006 |access-date=2006-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105072225/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F10%2F19%2Fnational%2Fa140727D82.DTL&type=politics |archive-date=2006-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the meantime, a national coalition of ethnic bar associations formed, led by the [[Mexican American Legal Defense Fund]] and spearheaded by its former President and General Counsel, [[John Trasvina]]. The coalition drafted and signed a joint letter calling for an investigation into the letter. On Friday, October 20, [[California Department of Justice]] agents raided Nguyen's campaign headquarters in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] and his home in [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Delson, Jennifer|author-link2=Christopher Goffard|author2= Goffard, Christopher |author3= Tran, Mai |url=http://www.latimes.com/la-me-letter21oct21,0,7524703.story?track=mostviewed-homepage |title=Raids Widen 'Immigrant' Letter Probe |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 21, 2006 |access-date=2006-10-23}}</ref>

On May 16, 2007, the California Department of Justice investigation determined there was no evidence that Nguyen's campaign had an intent to intimidate those legally entitled to vote. The investigation had found that the original draft of the letter (in English) had warned illegals and those with green cards against voting, but elsewhere had encouraged those with U.S. citizenship to vote.  The phrase "those with green cards" had then been translated into "e(contracted; show full)

=== Obstruction of justice indictment ===

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=https://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/(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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