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Jul 29, 5:02 PM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - A profanity used by ousted Ohio Rep. James Traficant in an interview with Don Imus was excised from Imus' radio show Monday but slipped past censors during the MSNBC simulcast.
The former congressman, expelled from the House of Representatives last week, was talking to Imus about his case when he suggested the FBI and IRS could 'go ... themselves.'
Imus' radio audience couldn't hear the profanity because it was bleeped out during a seven-second delay before airing.
'That'll be enough of James Traficant,' Imus said. 'Clearly, he's been drinking.'
MSNBC airs three hours of Imus' show on weekday mornings. When Imus is in the studio, the network has the seven-second delay that is commonly used to prevent such occurrences. But when Imus is broadcasting from a remote location, as he was Monday, the delay is unavailable, MSNBC spokeswoman Cheryl Daly said.
Despite the outburst, Traficant stayed on the line and Imus returned to him. Imus said he couldn't use such language, and Traficant said, 'it's in the dictionary.'
The colorful ex-congressman is to be sentenced Tuesday on bribery, racketeering and tax evasion charges.
'Let's move on,' Imus said. 'They are going to sentence you tomorrow. How much do you think you'll get?'
CLICK! Traficant hung up.
In a later interview with MSNBC's Rick Sanchez, Traficant suggested he might run for president while behind bars as a candidate of the America First party.
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