By Erin Dooley via Good Morning America / More from Erin » Follow @erindooley
Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky has been dubbed "the Clinton baby," but Chelsea's new bundle of joy is also part of the Mezvinsky family - and Bill and Hillary Clinton aren't her only interesting grandparents. Chelsea's husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is heir to a once-powerful political dynasty.
His father, Ed Mezvinsky, was a two-term Democratic congressman, representing Iowa's first congressional district from 1973 to 1977. But in 2002, the former congressman pleaded guilty to swindling more than $10 million from family and friends in a Ponzi-esque scheme.
Ed Mezvinsky himself also fell prey to a number of get-rich-quick schemes, including a "black money" scam in which a Nigerian man allegedly sold him a chemical that was supposed to remove ink off of $100 bills. Authorities say scammers probably used plain black construction paper.
His wife, Marjorie Margolies, who divorced Ed in 2007, also served a term in Congress.....To Read More....
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