Mealey's (January 5, 2017, 1:42 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — A Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member convicted of bribing a tribal legislator cannot avoid a 10-year prison sentence based on arguments never raised at trial or on appeal, a Wisconsin federal judge held Jan. 4 in denying a motion to vacate the sentence for failure to exhaust tribal court remedies (Timothy G. Whiteagle v. United States of America, No. 15-cv-449, W.D. Wis.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 675)....