Once convicted as part of the ABSCAM scandal, Michael Myers indicted for bribery again

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/michael-myers-charged-in-voting-scam/index.html

Former Congressman Michael "Ozzie" Myers was charged on Tuesday with conspiring to violate federal voting rights, bribery of an election official and falsification of records, as part of a scam to stuff the ballot box.

The Justice Department unsealed the indictment on Thursday. Myers was expelled from Congress in 1980 after taking bribes from an undercover FBI agent as a part of the ABSCAM investigation.

Myers, 77, conspired with and bribed the former judge of elections for Philadelphia's 39th Ward, 36th Division -- Domenick J. Demuro -- to illegally add votes for certain candidates in the Democratic Party during primary elections from 2014 to 2016, according to the Justice Department. Myers and Demuro are both Democrats

[Damocles]

news flash: corrupt people are corrupt

[Fuzzy Bear]

Ozzie Myers, and his fellow ABSCAM defendant, Ray Lederer, were two (2) of Frank Rizzo's gifts to Congress.  There were two (2) open seats in 1976, and Rizzo recruited these mediocrities as candidates to take these open seats.

Of all the big cities, Philly may have send, overall, the most mediocre Congressional delegation to Washington over time.

[Koharu]

Interesting that it was during the primaries.

I'm glad they were caught and are facing justice. This stuff is not excusable, regardless of who it's in support of.

[Devout Centrist]

Michael Joseph Myers was born on May 4, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1963, Myers was arrested for burglary, but was later acquitted