Document Type
Brief
Category
What Comes Next?
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Congressman Chaka Fattah has represented Pennsylvania’s 2nd District, which includes parts of Philadelphia, for 20 years.
On June 21, 2016, Congressman Fattah was convicted on all 23 counts of public corruption he faced, including conspiracy to commit racketeering (RICO), bribery, money laundering, and fraud. Fattah’s four co-defendants included his chief of staff as well as a former Philadelphia deputy mayor.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity,
The Conviction of Congressman Chaka Fattah,
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/82