Sweeney Cops a Plea

Fmr. Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) took a plea yesterday in his drunk driving arrest. He’ll pay a thousand dollar fine, agree to a suspension of his license and avoid jail time. Sweeney said he pled guilty “as a means of expressing my desire to accept personal responsibility for the events of this past Saturday and Sunday … I do so and would like to as well offer several apologies. One to the court for burdening it with this matter. Two, to the general public for having creating a risk that I should not have created … and finally but maybe almost importantly to me, my family for the pain I’ve caused them through this.”