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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?
To: 2banana; Albion Wilde; Antoninus; big truck; brityank; bt-99; ConorMacNessa; cowboyusa; ...
*** Philly Metro Ping ***
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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)
To: Kid Shelleen
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.
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posted on
07/23/2020 10:47:48 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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.
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posted on
07/23/2020 10:48:53 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Kid Shelleen
He has an air tight defense: Everyone knows that there is no such thing as voter fraud.
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posted on
07/23/2020 10:54:03 AM PDT
by
djpg
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:06:59 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Joe 6-pack
So he took a time machine to his grave?
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:07:47 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
"So he took a time machine to his grave?" Nope - I just always had a spare single digit to give to Murtha :-)
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:09:10 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:10:30 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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 .... !
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:12:27 AM PDT
by
knarf
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:17:52 AM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
To: Kid Shelleen
This is probably the first ever vote fraud case in the entire history of this country.
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:23:55 AM PDT
by
pas
To: Joe 6-pack
Wasn’t there a battle ship named after John Murtha?
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.
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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)
To: Kid Shelleen
INCONCEIVABLE! Election fraud does not exist, Citizen!
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:37:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: Vendome
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:38:12 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: Patriot Babe
Not a battleship, but yes, there is a USS John Murtha.
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:39:37 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Patriot Babe
Wasnt 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.
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:39:58 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: null and void
thnx
Resolve that other thing?
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posted on
07/23/2020 11:42:01 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Kid Shelleen
"Who remembers ABSCAM?"
I do. It was entertainingly covered in the film 'American Hustle'.
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