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Indictment under the espionage act
==Election to Congress==
==Election to Congress==
He was the Socialist candidate for United States Senator in the special election in April, 1918, and was elected to Congress in November.<ref name=blue />
He was the Socialist candidate for United States Senator in the special election in April, 1918, and was elected to Congress in November.<ref name=blue />
==Indictment==
On February 2, 1918, Victor L. Berger, together with Adolph Germer, J. Louis Engdahl, William F. Kruse, and Irwin St. John Tucker, were indicted by the grand Jury in the district court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois for a violation of sections 3 and 4 of title 7 of the espionage act.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zDs4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9148 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, Volume 58, Part 9]</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==