Document Type
Brief
Category
What Comes Next?
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Congressman Chaka Fattah has represented Pennsylvania’s 2nd District, which includes parts of Philadelphia, for 20 years.
On July 29, a federal Grand Jury indicted Congressman Fattah on 29 counts, including conspiracy to commit racketeering (RICO), bribery, money laundering, and fraud. The charges included 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 Indictment of Congressman Chaka Fattah,
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/99