USA v. DOUGHERTY et al

  1. March 21, 2019

    Philly Union Boss Slams Feds For 'Criminalizing' Politics

    A powerful Philadelphia union boss on Thursday accused federal prosecutors of engaging in a "feeble attempt at criminalizing the legislative process" in an indictment accusing him of bribing a member of the city council.

  2. January 30, 2019

    Philly Union Boss, City Councilman Charged With Corruption

    The politically powerful head of an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local in Philadelphia was charged Wednesday in a 116-count federal indictment alleging he embezzled more than a half-million dollars in union funds and paid a city councilman, also charged in the case, to do his bidding in government.