[PHILLY] Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday, one of the longest terms of incarceration ever imposed on a member of Congress convicted of federal corruption crimes.
Addressing the court, the West Philadelphia Democrat expressed regret for some of the decisions he had made and how his conviction had affected his co-defendants and constituents, but stopped short of fully acknowledging his guilt.
"The investigation and the trial has been the most disappointing event in my now 60-year life," he told U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III. "I've helped tens of millions of people and that has nothing to do with the fact that I have been found on the wrong side of these questions by a jury."
Bartle, however, called Fattah's crimes "astonishing" and "extremely serious" - especially for an elected official representing one of the poorest congressional districts in the country and one whose own income put him among the "1 percent." He ordered Fattah to report to begin serving his sentence Jan. 25.
"You abused the trust they placed in you time and time again," he said of the voters who elected Fattah 11 times to represent them in Congress. "Your flagrant behavior undermines the confidence of the citizenry in all public institutions."
Fattah's sentence fell below the 17 to 22 years recommended by federal prosecutors but remains the second-highest prison term ever received by a member of Congress - capped only by the 13 years former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (D., La.) received in 2009 for soliciting millions of dollars in bribes.
"That's about as good as we could have expected," Fattah lawyer Albert S. Dandridge turned to tell a courtroom packed with supporters and family members moments after the sentence was imposed.
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"The investigation and the trial has been the most disappointing event in my now 60-year life,"
"I've helped tens of millions of people and that has nothing to do with the fact that I have been found on the wrong side of these questions by a jury."
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Interesting we know the affiliation of the La. guy in the slammer for 13 years, and we know (at the link) the guy who defeated Fattah in the primary is a (D), but no mention made of Fattah's party. I guess, being from Philly and all, it's understood.
However, unlike many others, he resigned immediately after his indictment. Oops. Sorry, after his conviction he resigned. Wikipedia
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Odds that he'll be on the January presidential pardon list?
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Odds that he'll be on the January presidential pardon list?
Low. He wasn't much of a player outside philthy.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
12/13/2016 10:13 Comments ||
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Anyone notice the near complete MSM blackout of this story?
Posted by: Rex Mundi ||
12/13/2016 10:29 Comments ||
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Anyone notice the near complete MSM blackout of this story?
Yeah. It's part of a very big story about how philthy, detoilet, Austin, Minneapolis and a lot of other big cities did not deliver the goods for swillary. It's a big, behind the scenes autopsy and the results will not be made public...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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Low.He wasn't much of a player outside philthy.
Concur, to a point. Mr. Obama still needs to maintain the support of a given 'demographic' post-presidency.
I can see some sort of move to cancel the results and continue Obama on an interim basis. If something along those lines begins, the 2nd Amendment will become real.
#5
Bubbling under some of this Electoral College crap is an undercurrent of deadly serious purpose - sedition. The Electoral College is not some Constitutional Star Chamber or House of Lords with power to divert the choices of the states they represent. To do so as if they have some high moral purpose only subverts the basic trust of the people. If such an act happened, we would have civil war in the streets, literal war with armed citizens and I suspect, military involvement.
This kind of foolish speculation and encouragement by those on the left must stop immediately. It no longer is merely an amusing display of childish pique by the idiot progeny of the left. It is dangerous.
h/t Instapundit
...The president-elect said this spring that he’s a fan of Rand and identifies with Howard Roark, the main character in "The Fountainhead."
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[Daily Caller] Retired Army intelligence officer Tony Shaffer alleged Monday that CIA Director John Brennan is playing political games via a secret CIA assessment stating Russia interfered with the election to support GOP President-elect Donald Trump. SOLD or BINGO, or something similarly conclusive !
Speaking to WMAL radio Monday, Shaffer claimed that the secret CIA assessment, obtained by The Washington Post and described in an article last Friday, is a product of Brennan’s loyalty to President Barack Obama, The Washington Examiner reports.
"This is purely political, and I believe that John Brennan is a political animal," Shaffer said. He added he has been talking with former CIA officials about the report. "Everything they are telling me is Brennan is doing this out of loyalty to President Obama."
“It’s about undermining Trump, that’s what it is,” Shaffer said. “It’s called information operations, information warfare, and that’s what I believe is going on.”
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This site claims John Brennan over-rode his 2iC to stamp the visa applications of 19 highjackers of 9/11
cannot guarantee the truth of this, it's a blog not a fact-checked MSM site
plus i don't think the 19 came from Saudi to the US anyway half of them came via some other place like Germany
so it may be complete BS
but it does have the interesting point that he is close to Obama and was head of the CIA station in Jeda, Saudi Arabia, so he would have close links with the saudis
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Shaffer is on to something. I hope he is watching his 0600.
Prior to his DCIA appointment, John O. Brennan, was at one-time president and CEO of the Analysis Corp, which had contracts within the Department of State passport office. When the Analyisis contractors became snoopy about Obama's passport... they were fired. Interesting 'placement and access' for contract employees, no? CNN Link below (yes CNN): Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser
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They know they are one to two presidential term away from converting this nation to a socialist/communist nation. A Trump election ruins everything. The attacks are just starting and will continue until the people say they have had enough. And so far the de,/socialist party is in full attack mode.
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Re: #8. They are in full attack mode. Unfortunately for them, they really believe a Buzzfeed/huffpo attack will be worth anything...
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Jerry Pournelle (a man always worth listening too) has a long discussion of the subject in today's chaos manor.
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