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USA v. WILLIAMS
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October 24, 2017
Ex-Philly DA Gets 5 Years For Bribery Conviction
Former Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday, the maximum penalty he could have received for his June guilty plea to one bribery charge.
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October 19, 2017
Ex-Philly DA Wants Post-Sentencing Release To Visit Mother
Former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams did not directly challenge the government's request for a five-year prison sentence for his corruption conviction in a memorandum filed Wednesday, asking only that he be released from prison between next week's sentencing and his final assignment so he can visit his elderly mother.
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October 16, 2017
Feds Want Ex-Philly DA To Serve 5 Years For Graft
Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to sentence former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to five years in prison, the maximum term possible for his July mid-trial guilty plea to one count of bribery.
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September 29, 2017
Judge Won't Move Up Ex-Philly DA's Sentencing For FBI Agent
The FBI case agent who led the investigation into former Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams’ corrupt affairs will not be present at his October sentencing, after a Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday rejected the government’s request to move up the date to accommodate her schedule.
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June 29, 2017
Ex-Philly DA Jailed After Surprise Guilty Plea Midtrial
Former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams was escorted out of a federal courtroom in handcuffs on Thursday after unexpectedly pleading guilty to one bribery charge and resigning from his office on the eighth day of his corruption trial.
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June 28, 2017
Philly DA Was Warned About Spending, Campaign Aide Says
The onetime executive director of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' political action committee testified Wednesday that she had warned her former boss against using campaign dollars for memberships and other expenses at private clubs, as the focus of the federal corruption trial turned to his spending habits.
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June 27, 2017
Philly DA's 'Super Friend' Says Gifts Weren't Bribes
A day after acknowledging giving gifts and receiving assistance from Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams at his federal corruption trial, a Philadelphia nightclub owner denied bribing the public official, as Williams' attorney worked to illuminate a close personal bond between the two men.
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June 26, 2017
Philly DA's 'Super Friend' Outlines Gifts In Graft Trial
A Philadelphia nightclub owner, dubbed "super friend" by District Attorney Seth Williams in text messages, testified in federal court Monday that he gave the city's top law enforcement official airline tickets, cash and the use of a 15-year-old Jaguar in exchange for a series of favors.
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June 23, 2017
Star Witness Says Gifts To Philly DA Yielded No Help
A suburban Philadelphia businessman and star government witness in the federal corruption case against Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams conceded under cross-examination Friday that several years of lavish gifts to his "friend" yielded no relief on his most pressing problems.
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June 22, 2017
Gov't Witness Says Gifts To Philly DA Had A Purpose
A suburban Philadelphia businessman described using lavish gifts — from a $3,000 custom sofa to an all-expenses-paid trip to the Dominican Republic — to cultivate a friendship with Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, as testimony in the latter's federal corruption trial that continued Thursday.