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Trey Radel: How I came back from being “The Cocaine Congressman”

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Former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel had one hell of a 2013: he was sworn in as a member of the 133rd Congress in January, only to be arrested by federal authorities for attempting to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in October. But life goes on, right? Since then, writes Benny Johnson in the IJR Review, the self-described “Hip Hop Conservative” has been back in the lab as it were, coming clean, training gym and quietly starting his own PR firm…

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Coke-snorting former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel launches media consulting firm

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If you get caught with powder on your nose in the midst of a career-devastating cocaine scandal, you probably need a media consultant to help you put out the fires. And if you’re the guy with smack on his face your next obvious move is to kick off your own media consulting company. That’s exactly what embattled former Florida U.S. Rep. Trey Radel has done following his not-so-sexy cocaine adventures. After getting busted buying his nose candy from a federal cop, the…

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