April 23, 2020
A former Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP government affairs specialist's conviction for helping former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah defraud a bank should be overturned because the jury's findings that the men committed fraud relied on a flawed definition of bribery, the lobbyist's attorney told the Third Circuit on Thursday.
September 19, 2019
The former Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP government affairs specialist who was convicted on bribery-related charges in a sweeping corruption case against former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., cannot avoid beginning a two-year prison sentence while appealing his case to the Third Circuit, a Pennsylvania federal judge has said.
July 12, 2019
Despite a federal appeals court's decision earlier this year axing four of ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah's convictions stemming from a massive corruption case, a trial judge presiding over a resentencing hearing on Friday refused to reduce the disgraced Democratic congressman's 10-year prison term.
December 21, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Wednesday that legal questions emerging from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision redefining bribery law warranted allowing a former Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP government affairs specialist to remain free as he appeals his conviction for paying off ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah.
December 20, 2016
Last week's revelation that a juror was dismissed from the corruption case of ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah after being found to have deliberately stymied deliberations presents what experts say is a potentially viable, albeit challenging, avenue for the convicted former congressman to pursue on appeal.
December 20, 2016
Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah must begin serving a 10-year prison sentence while he appeals a multi-count conviction on bribery and corruption charges, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the ex-congressman's request for bail pending appeal fails based on the overwhelming evidence against him, among other factors.
December 16, 2016
The former chief of staff for ex-U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah has been sentenced to three years of probation and three months of house arrest for aiding and abetting a bribe received by the former Pennsylvania congressman, becoming the only defendant in the corruption case to avoid time behind bars.
December 13, 2016
Two co-defendants convicted of helping former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah misappropriate grant funds and charitable contributions to pay back an illegal campaign load were sentenced to a combined four-and-a-half years in prison by a federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
December 12, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday ordered ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah and a onetime Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP government affairs specialist to spend a combined 12 years in prison following their convictions for participating in a sweeping criminal enterprise that included influence peddling and the misappropriation of federal grant funds.
December 09, 2016
As ex-Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., prepares to face sentencing Monday for his conviction in a sweeping racketeering conspiracy, a website purportedly created by a group of his former staffers is claiming that the Pennsylvania Democrat never had a chance at a fair trial.