“Nearly three years after he began serving one of the longest prison terms ever for a member of Congress, former Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) returned to federal court in Philadelphia on Friday to push for a lighter sentence now that some of his convictions were overturned on appeal,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
“He left disappointed.”
“Citing his still-standing convictions on 13 other counts, U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III ordered the West Philadelphia Democrat to serve the full 10-year sentence he got in 2016.”
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