Corrupt Democrat criminal Rep. Chaka Fattah has been found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his crimes of fraud, racketeering and money laundering after using federal NASA grant money to help pay off an illegal loan to his failed 2007 mayoral campaign in Philadelphia.
Corrupt Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Fraud, Racketeering, Money Laundering, Bribery
Reports show that Fattah also took an $18,000 bribe to secure an ambassadorship for a friend as well – also a very serious crime that requires punishment.
Too bad we don’t have a real Department of Justice, or we would see MANY more Democrats being indicted and sentenced to long prison terms for their crimes! Once Trump gets into office though we will finally have a DOJ that will do it’s job.
Disgraced ex-Democratic U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday to ten years in prison for bribery and stealing campaign contributions, charitable donations, and federal grant money to finance his personal lifestyle.
A probe that expanded more than a year found that Fattah had used federal grant money from NASA to pay back part of an illegal $1 million loan he received from a wealthy friend to fund his failed 2007 campaign for Philadelphia mayor.
For the better part a decade, the longtime Philadelphia Democrat and his television anchor wife led a racketeering enterprise spurred on by loyal aides and political consultants, who commingled campaign cash and nonprofit and government funds to pay for Fattah’s personal expenses.
Fattah was indicted last July. In June, after a month-long trial, a jury found him and four other accomplices guilty on all federal counts, which included wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle reportedly called the Philadelphia Democrat’s crimes “astonishing” considering he and his wife had a $500,000 annual income placing them near the “top 1 percent.”
The extent of Fattah’s criminal corruption was far-reaching. He stole $23,000 in nonprofit funds to repay his son, Chaka Fattah Jr.’s, college loans. Fattah Jr. never graduated, and is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for a related fraud case.
Fattah also took an $18,000 bribe to finagle an ambassadorship for a friend. Fattah’s friend never got the ambassador post. He and his wife used the $18,000 in bribe money for a down payment on a vacation home. Fattah falsified records and lied to authorities about the money.
“For someone so interested in advancing education for the disadvantaged, you had the temerity to steal from the Educational Advancement Alliance, a nonprofit supported by government funds,” Judge Bartle said during Monday’s sentencing.
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