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But her political career ended when her husband, Bill Collins, a dentist and businessman, was convicted in 1993 of extorting money from people who had business before the state while his wife was governor.

“By extorting innocent people, they can utilize the money to buy weapons,” he said.

The government is responsible for fishing licenses -- but a lack of controls allows for money laundering, fishermen and couriers to be extorted by gangs, with contraband often added to their outbound shipments, the experts said.

Yet the Democrats are bloody-minded after the routs in Virginia and New Jersey this week, and think they have fresh leverage to extort Republicans to bail out the Affordable Care Act.

The lawsuit also claims Tidmarsh attempted to “extort and solicit” continued payment from another Tang company.