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Congressman Chaka Fattah indicted (Original Post) bigdarryl Jul 2015 OP
He can have the adjoining cell with Grimm. Historic NY Jul 2015 #1
Not funny at all bigdarryl Jul 2015 #2
? HFRN Jul 2015 #3
Of course its funny. If he's guilty, he's as big a fraud as Grimm. 7962 Jul 2015 #5
Another article explaining the $600,000 deal a bit more Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #4

Yo_Mama

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4. Another article explaining the $600,000 deal a bit more
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:23 PM
Jul 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/29/us-usa-crime-fattah-idUSKCN0Q322P20150729
The Justice Department said that after losing the election, Fattah allegedly returned $400,000 to the donor and arranged for a non-profit entity that he founded and controlled to repay the remaining $600,000 using charitable and federal grant funds that passed through two other companies.

To conceal the contribution and repayment scheme, the defendants and others allegedly created sham contracts and made false entries in accounting records, tax returns and campaign finance disclosure statements, the department said.


It sounds rather elaborate. Whole bunch of felonies in there.
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