Fattah’s arrest and conviction puts the Democrats and the Obama administration in particular in an extremely vulnerable situation, as they are naturally inclined to defend one of their own but can’t due to the findings of law enforcement. Nevertheless, the White House is attempting to make the most of it by citing Fattah’s prosecution to cast doubt on the Justice Department’s handling of it’s investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails:
“The White House said the Fattah probe shows that federal investigators act without political interference — an apparent shot at Republicans who say they’re incapable of carrying out an unbiased investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
Press secretary Josh Earnest would not comment on the verdict itself, but he called the case ‘good evidence’ that the Justice Department ‘is faithful to their mandate to pursue justice irrespective of political affiliations.’
When Fattah was indicted in July 2014, the 11-term lawmaker immediately relinquished his post as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department.
His defeat in April’s primary made him the first incumbent lawmaker to lose a primary this year.
The other four associates charged were Vederman; Bonnie Bowser, who served as Fattah’s Philadelphia-based district director; political consultant Robert Brand; and former Fattah aide Karen Nicholas.
While Fattah was convicted of all charges, the jury only convicted the four others on some of the charges against them.”
Source: The Hill
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Yes it does
He obviously does not have the same connections as Hillary Clinton.
DAN
A DEMOCRAT IS CONVICTED, I bet he will not spend a day in jail. He can say, I don’t recall, that’s working for Hitlary