YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. said Tuesday he will present the House Ethics Committee with taped conversations that were barred from his bribery trial by a federal judge.

        Mr. Traficant was convicted in April of 10 counts of bribery and racketeering. He will be sentenced June 27 in federal court in Cleveland and faces up to 63 years in prison, though under federal sentencing guidelines he is likely to get fewer than 20 years.

        Appearing on CNN's Crossfire, Mr. Traficant said he would provide the ethics committee nine tapes of conversations he had with parties involved in his trial.

        Mr. Traficant claims the audiotapes prove that witnesses against him were bullied into testifying by the federal government.

        U.S. District Judge Lesley Wells did not allow Mr. Traficant to play the tapes in court. She ruled the parties Mr. Traficant taped were available to testify in person, so there was no reason to play tapes of conversations they had with Mr. Traficant.

        “There's a process that goes into this,” Mr. Traficant said. “I am going to fight it. I have an opportunity to bring a defense.”

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