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Ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years
« on: December 12, 2016, 04:40:35 pm »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (all times local):

11 a.m.

Former U.S. Rep Chaka (SHAH'-kuh) Fattah has been sentenced to 10 years for a racketeering scheme that included money laundering and bribery.

U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle called the Philadelphia Democrat's crimes "astonishing" given that he and his TV anchor wife had a $500,000 annual income that put them at or near the "top 1 percent."

The jury found the 60-year-old now-ousted congressman took an illegal $1 million loan to prop up a failed 2007 run for Philadelphia mayor. Fattah then repaid it with funds that included NASA grant money steered through an education nonprofit run by former staffers.

Prosecutors say he also used $27,000 in charity funds to pay down his son's college loans and took an $18,000 bribe to help a friend become an ambassador.

Fattah insists the Justice Department racketeering case is politically motivated.

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Re: Ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2016, 04:43:31 pm »
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Fattah insists the Justice Department racketeering case is politically motivated.

 :silly:, typical politician, "it wasn't my fault".
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Re: Ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2016, 04:43:46 pm »
That's a surprisingly large chunk of time for a convicted democrat.

Still small compared to the 40 years Kwame Kilpatrick got.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2016, 07:44:47 pm »
Married to former NBC 10 anchor, Renee Chenault-Fattah...no media bias was ever displayed with her.   :silly:


She was suspended when her hubby was indicted, and she later left.
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Re: Ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2016, 08:33:19 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on December 12, 2016, 04:43:46 pm
That's a surprisingly large chunk of time for a convicted democrat.

Still small compared to the 40 years Kwame Kilpatrick got.

What are the odds that Kwame and Chaka receive pardons? I say less than 5%.
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