1. Patrick Lynn Swindall was an American politician, attorney, and businessman who served as a Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district, based in Atlanta's eastern suburbs, from 1985 to 1989.
16 Facts About Pat Swindall
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Pat Swindall practiced law in Atlanta until December 31,1983, when he resigned to run for Congress.
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In 1984, with Robb Austin as his campaign manager, Swindall defeated five term Democratic congressman Elliott H Levitas by six percentage points, an upset election considering Levitas was elected with relative ease since his first election in 1974.
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Pat Swindall won by a similar margin against actor Ben L Jones in 1986.
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However, after being indicted for perjury, Pat Swindall lost in a rematch with Jones in 1988 by a 20-point margin.
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In October 1988, Pat Swindall was indicted on ten counts of perjury related to a money laundering scheme.
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In recorded dealings with an undercover IRS agent posing as a representative of the Colombian drug cartel, Pat Swindall was told that the $850,000 loan he was seeking to finish building his luxury home included illegal drug money and that he would be part of an operation to "wash" cash.
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Pat Swindall proposed that an associate set up a mortgage company to funnel the money through.
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Pat Swindall was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1996.
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The businessmen were indicted for making false statements because Pat Swindall was the actual source of the contributions not as reported on Sheperd's campaign disclosure forms as coming from other people, including family and friends of the two former employees.
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Pat Swindall pleaded no contest to two counts of exceeding the maximum allowable campaign contribution and one count of conspiracy to commit a crime and was sentenced one year of probation.
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In November 2009, he was involved in a confrontation with former tenants at a flea market location he owned and had formerly leased to them; Pat Swindall left after College Park code enforcement officers and police arrived.
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Pat Swindall wanted to remove the walls that delineate the individual stalls within the flea market.
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Pat Swindall wanted to remove other structures belonging to him, but the request was denied by the College Park Police.
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Pat Swindall was married to former Duke University cheerleader Kimberly Schiesser; together they had seven children.
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Pat Swindall died in his sleep on July 11,2018, at his home in Johns Creek, Georgia, of an undisclosed cause.