Del. Joseph Morrissey resigns in wake of conviction — and promises to run again

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Del. Joseph Morrissey resigns in wake of conviction — and promises to run again

By Laura Vozzella and Rachel Weiner December 18 at 7:31 PM 
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RICHMOND — State Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, fresh off a misdemeanor conviction stemming from his relationship with a 17-year-old girl, agreed Thursday to step down, and Virginia’s Capitol heaved a sigh of relief.

Until the Richmond Democrat promised to run again next month.

Virginia is in for more spectacle, on top of all the rest: a state delegate sent to prison for corruption; a federal investigation, just wrapped up without charges, that exposed a seeming bidding war over a state senator; and, most shocking of all in a state long known for clean government, the federal corruption conviction and imminent sentencing of a popular former governor and first lady.

The Morrissey affair seemed like a fleeting sideshow to those weightier scandals when it emerged in the summer. He had been in trouble many times before — he’s been jailed for fights and lost his law license for nearly a decade — so it was not a shocker to see him in it again.
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1. Heard on wtop he is in trouble for violating his work release...

By traveling without getting permission first.

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2. He really needs to go quietly

How big is this guy's ego