Ex-Philadelphia congressman gets 10 years for corruption

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

PHILADELPHIA -- Former U.S. representative Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday to a 10-year prison term by a judge who said he was "astonished" a veteran legislator would steal government and charity funds to pay his son's debts and buy a vacation home.

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