Of falsifying records, Money Laundering and other charges. Fattahs son sheriff jr. Is also mentioned in the indictment, a young man embroiled in his own legal troubles they say that the congressman used Campaign Funds to pay his sons college loan debt. In 2010 and 2011, he used the funds to make loan payments totalling approximately 23,000. Fattahs attorney released a statement that reads in part, for some time he was aware of the allegations and its his intent to plead not guilty and serve his constituency as he has done for years. One they engaged in a coverup, lasting years to avoid detention. And just moments ago, the democratic congressman released a statement on his own behalf. As i have previously stated, i have never participated in any illegal activist as an elected officials for the last 21 years i have represented the people of philadelphia in congress with honor and dignity, helping millions of families. He tells reporters on capitol hill he is innocent and will not step do
And nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 292, a bill to extend a project of the federal Energy Regulatory commission involving the cannonsville dam. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 400 and the nays are 1. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the rules are passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from michigan, mr. Upton, to suspend the rules and pa
Together and everybody working on this. Reporter and so for now the Investigation Continues. As is obvious in a case of this scope and magnitude its all handson deck. Reporter Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub is referring to the ongoing search for four missing young men in bucks county, theyre 19yearold dean fin car yo, jimmy par at a time prick, mark sturgis of pennsburg. Today teams of investigators including the fbi converged on several locations including this property in bensalem and this field in solebury not too far from where police found sturgis car at the peddlers village. Meo sturgis and finocchiaro. Authorities admit authorities are not certain what theyre dealing with regarding this case if we dont know. But were treating this as a criminal investigation at this time until we know differently. Reporter and so the Investigation Continues at this time barring any breaks in this case the next news briefing is scheduled for 11 oclock tomorrow morning. Anyone with
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Poland said he will cut his visit short and visit dallas texas. The lets get you right now live to abcs Kenneth Moton in dallas with the the very latest. Kenneth. Reporter good morning. Investigators say it appears that the snipper who took the lives of five Dallas Police officers and injured others here had a deep racial hatred against white officers. Police continue to look into his motives while protest as begins the Police Brutality are only getting bigger. This morning, more scenes of protests, black lives coming facetoface with blue lives. Yesterday demonstration as cross the country moved into the night. Thousands took to the streets to protest Police Killings of alton sterling in louisiana and Philano Castille in minute so the a in atlanta they shut town major roadways n Phoenix Police used pepper spray to control the crowd. In rochester new york more than 70 arrests including two tv news reporters. Justin carter being arrested. Reporter offices cross the country are on alert.