At 9:47am central time, the gates of the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota opened, and out walked Jim Traficant wearing a gray T-shirt, white shorts, white knee-high socks and sporting a pony tail.
He didn't respond to reporters' questions before stepping into a waiting yellow cab that drove off. The former congressman completed his seven year sentence for bribery and racketeering. Traficant now has 72 hours to report to his probation officer back in Youngstown. Traficant's first stop was thought to be the Rochester bus station, but the bus arrived and departed without Traficant on board.