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 July 29, 2015, a federal Grand Jury indicted Congressman Fattah on 29 counts, including conspiracy to commit racketeering (RICO), bribery, money laundering, and fraud. The charges encompassed four co-conspirators as well, including Fattah’s chief of staff as well as a former Philadelphia deputy mayor.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity,
The Trial of Congressman Chaka Fattah,
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/86