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    Prosecutors Claim Democratic Congressman Steered Federal, Charitable Funds to Illegal

    Prosecutors Claim Democratic Congressman Steered Federal, Charitable Funds to Illegal Loan


    Chaka Fattah / AP

    BY: Natalie Johnson
    May 16, 2016 2:42 pm


    U.S. prosecutors accused Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.) Monday of routing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds and charity donations to pay back an illegal $1 million loan that went toward his failed mayoral candidacy.
    The trial arrived three weeks after Fattah lost his reelection bid in the Philadelphia primary, bringing an end to the congressman’s 20-year service in the House.
    Fattah was indicted last year on 29 counts of corruption charges that included participating in a racketeering conspiracy, bribery, and bank fraud.
    “The congressman stole from federal agencies, from taxpayers, from nonprofit groups he created to pay his political debts,” assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Gray said, according to the Associated Press. “He even stole from his own campaign.”
    Fattah, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, allegedly used his position to funnel $600,000 to help refinance his off-the-books loan for his 2007 Philadelphia mayoral campaign. TheAssociated Press noted that the loan exceeded donor limits in place at the time.
    The Philadelphia Democrat was also indicted for using a nonprofit to steer federal grants to Fattah’s family and allies.
    Four of Fattah’s associates are also on trial for corruption charges, two of whom pled guilty to the allegations. Fattah’s attorneys said that two campaign consultants who provided testimony acted alone.
    “The government’s case rests on the word of those two convicted felons,” said one of Fattah’s lawyers, Mark Lee.
    Fattah received the $1 million loan from his friend and former Sallie Mae CEO Al Lord. Lord demanded a loan repayment after Fattah lost his reelection bid in April, leading the congressman to dip into federal grants for cash.
    http://freebeacon.com/politics/prose...-illegal-loan/

    The trial is predicted to last roughly eight weeks.



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    Former Clinton Superdelegate Chaka Fattah Begins 10-Year Prison Sentence

    Fattah, four associates were found guilty on 29 corruption charges

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    BY: Joe Schoffstall
    January 25, 2017 2:51 pm

    Former Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), who was a superdelegate for failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, has reported to prison to begin his 10-year sentence stemming from numerous corruption charges.

    Fattah reported Wednesday to the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean in western Pennsylvania near the New York border, CBS Philly reported.

    In June 2016, Fattah and four associates were convicted on 29 corruption charges after misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal, campaign, and charitable sources.

    The Department of Justice said Fattah had taken an illegal $1 million loan from his failed Philadelphia mayoral bid in 2007 and concealed it as a loan to a consulting company that he owned.

    Fattah used a scheme to repay the loan through grants and charitable funds from his nonprofit, the Educational Advancement Alliance, and passed it through two other companies. Sham contracts were created to disguise the contributions and repayments. False entries were made into campaign finance disclosures, accounting records, and tax returns to pull off the operation.
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