dirty politicians

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors have told a jury that a U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania took an illegal $1 million loan to prop up an ailing mayoral bid and used $200,000 on Election Day alone. Chaka Fattah  Sr. nonetheless lost the 2007 race for Philadelphia mayor. Prosecutors said in opening statements at his corruption trial […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will have to pay the government more than $501,000 as a result of his conviction on bribery and other charges, a federal judge said Tuesday. Nagin was convicted in February on 20 counts including bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy during his two terms as […]