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Former congressman Ozzie Myers, caught in 1970s Abscam sting, has been indicted again — this time for election fraud
Philly.Com ^ | 07/23/2020 | Jeremy Roebuck

Posted on 07/23/2020 10:45:28 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

A former congressman convicted in the 1970s Abscam investigation was charged Thursday with new allegations that he bribed a poll worker to stuff ballot boxes in local elections.

Federal prosecutors alleged that U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers, now working as a campaign consultant, paid a South Philadelphia judge of elections to fraudulently add votes to candidates who had hired him to represent them in their races between 2014 and 2016 – a process he purportedly described as “ringing up votes.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abscam; domenickjdemuro; michaelmyers; ozziemyers; pennsylvania; philadelphia
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Give the old timer credit. Bribing an election judge is much more efficient than ballot harvesting.


Who remembers ABSCAM?

1 posted on 07/23/2020 10:45:28 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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*** Philly Metro Ping ***


2 posted on 07/23/2020 10:46:34 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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I do. I believe it’s the last time the FBI ever did a serious investigation of Congress. After that they were no doubt told they’ll never try THAT again if they expect to keep getting funded.

John Murtha was one of the guys they caught. Did not go down like Ozzy for some reason. He would go on to remain a corrupt boil on the PA delegation for decades to come.


3 posted on 07/23/2020 10:47:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I remember it. John Murtha was my congressman at the time. He was titled as an undocumented co-conspirator, but due to one of the most ridiculously gerrymandered districts in the country, kept his seat until he died in 20101.


4 posted on 07/23/2020 10:48:53 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

He has an air tight defense: Everyone knows that there is no such thing as voter fraud.


5 posted on 07/23/2020 10:54:03 AM PDT by djpg
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To: Kid Shelleen

6 posted on 07/23/2020 11:06:59 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Joe 6-pack

So he took a time machine to his grave?


7 posted on 07/23/2020 11:07:47 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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"So he took a time machine to his grave?"

Nope - I just always had a spare single digit to give to Murtha :-)

8 posted on 07/23/2020 11:09:10 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL


9 posted on 07/23/2020 11:10:30 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Kid Shelleen
THIS reminded me.

I'm sure he's been working on graduating all this time, trying to better himself, but those damned democrats .... !

10 posted on 07/23/2020 11:12:27 AM PDT by knarf
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Bi$ch set me up!


11 posted on 07/23/2020 11:17:52 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: Kid Shelleen

This is probably the first ever vote fraud case in the entire history of this country.


12 posted on 07/23/2020 11:23:55 AM PDT by pas
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To: Joe 6-pack

Wasn’t there a battle ship named after John Murtha?


13 posted on 07/23/2020 11:36:07 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I miss the old days when all a corrupt politician did was try to earn a few extra dollars. Now the radical Dems and swamp creatures want to overthrow a presidency and turns us into socialists.


14 posted on 07/23/2020 11:36:51 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Kid Shelleen
INCONCEIVABLE!

Election fraud does not exist, Citizen!

15 posted on 07/23/2020 11:37:22 AM PDT by null and void (Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
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To: Vendome

Well played!


16 posted on 07/23/2020 11:38:12 AM PDT by null and void (Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
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To: Patriot Babe

Not a battleship, but yes, there is a USS John Murtha.


17 posted on 07/23/2020 11:39:37 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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Wasn’t there a battle ship named after John Murtha?

He was the King of Defense Pork so I wouldn't doubt it. He was moving the Pentagon to Johnstown, Pennsylvania one piece at a time.


18 posted on 07/23/2020 11:39:58 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: null and void

thnx

Resolve that other thing?


19 posted on 07/23/2020 11:42:01 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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"Who remembers ABSCAM?"

I do. It was entertainingly covered in the film 'American Hustle'.

20 posted on 07/23/2020 11:48:53 AM PDT by simpson96
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