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request authority preliminary
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demonstrbatyys a sianificant
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relationship of PMA wage increases
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following:
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Department of ill1ptice that will
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campaign finance laws (3) chargingl
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UNCLASSIFIED
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
To: Washington Field
From: WFO
Squad CR20,
Contact: SSA
Approved By:
Drafted By: ________________ __.! ttnc
Case ID #: SSC-WF-237134 (Pending)- g7
Title: JOHN MURTHA;
CFPO - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH;
Date: 07/02/2009
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Synopsis: To document meeting between WFO and Pittsburgh (PG)
Division on 06/23/2009, concerning cases and matters related to
Congressman John Murtha and others.
Details: On 06/23/2009, WFO and PG participated in a case
coordination and strategy meeting at FBIHQ-PCU. Those present
included:
Mary Beth Buchanan - U.S. Attorney, Western District of
PA
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PCU
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USAO, WDPA
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Topics of discussion included: current WFO and' PG
investigations, subjects and anticipated subjects, anticipated
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Re: SBC-WF-237134, 07/02/2009
investigative actions, time lines, likely overlap areas,
discovery considerations, and general discussion about case
coordination and sharing of information. It was agreed by both
PG and WFO that agents and SSAs would share information on weekly
basis and advise of significant investigative actions such as
search warrants, consensuals, approaches on key subjects,
subpoenas that may overlap, etc.
The meeting was very productive and laid a framework for
cooperation and coordination moving forward .
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WFO/PG/PCU
06/23/2009
Meeting Agenda:
A. Overview of PG and WFO Investigations
B. Current Subjects
C. Current Pleas/Cooperators
D. Anticipated Subjects
E. Anticipated Pleas/Cooperators
F. Current time-line/prosecutorial issues
G. Likely Overlap or Crossover Areas
H. Discovery Considerations/Case Management (Omega!Intel Plus/DELTA/Doc
Lab)
I. Coordination with House Ethics
J. Subpoenas/Interviews
K. Information Sharing and Notification
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Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/14/2009
To: Washington Field
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Squad ID-3
Contact: IAI
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Case ID #: OSSC-WF-237134' (Pending)
8 01D-WF-234608 -DAY-91 (Pending)
Title: MURTHA. JOHN. P;
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CFPO LEGISLATIVE
ISynppsjs
(TI//pOITO) To jdentj fy wbat Things of ValJJe frmn
Enclosure<sl; (U//FOUO) One spreadsheet listingl land
Details: (U//FOUO) For background
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captioned
case is currentl identif in of Value
au aT 1occ e 1 & ssoc1a es . was a o y1ng
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company !currently under investigation for
making illegal conduit campaign contributions to members of the
US Congress. Conduit Contribution Schemes are illegal campaign
contribution to Federal Election Committee (FEC) regulated
campaign funds and Political Action Committees (PACS) wherein an
individual who has reached their contribution limit provides
contributions in the name of another.
(U//FOUO) The writer was tasked with the
attached identifying Tov:s.provided tcl 1.
1n return for off1c1al acts. W. 1 e rev1ew1ng
the emails ofl !writer identified TOV's
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and analysis/
was providing free
be construed as
gifts to I 1. TOV' s from I I maybe
improper because there lS a certain doliar l1m1t on what members
and staffers can accept from lobbyists. Congressmembers and some
staffers are required to disclose their income on annual
financial disclosure forms under penalties of false statements 18
usc 1001. This includes TOV's and ifts of money. Analysis
shows that because received TOV's from PMA
Methodoloav: (U//FOUO) The writer reviewed and analyzed
and created 0 spread:heet documenting emails
between! __ I Once the email
were organ1ze 1n the spreadsheet/ t e wr1ter c n 1
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I lwere receiving items of value to include the ._s_p_o_r-:-t-.l_n_g_....r
tlckets/ dinners and other itervs :f yalue rhrough analysis of
the data
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would leave tickets at a will cal
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From anal sis of emails from
e 1n orma 1on ava1 a e
was attempting to gain these earmarksr
the assessment of the writer that this was most likely the
case. Therefore it is the writer's assessment tha h
was attem tin to -ain earmarks from
(U) This covers Lead OSC-WF-237134
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CORE Reference #544
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the writer on 7/23/2009 .
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I lhad heard that DOE had a problem with one of the
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TONY SANSEZ was the money guy and part owner of CALZARK.
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APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
get an
AT wor e on tra1n1ng so tware programs.
believed that AT took training software from GENSYM and
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mo 1 1ed it for their customer. AT had some office space in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, butl lhad not seen the space.
GENSYM's big thing is that they consider themselves a
software supplier and as a result, they primarily use purchase
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PE line, butl I could not remember his .name at this time.
those documents would be
w1th ARGO who bought out COHEREN'l'.
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Warfare, one for DRAMA, and one for the Rock Drill.
At a MURTHA fundraiser at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon
City, Virginiaj how
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there would have likely been a negative impact on KSA
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relationship with MURTHA andl lhad AT simply gone out of
business after having been funded by earmarks the past few years.
COHERENT,acquired AT for nothing. COHERENT did not pay
anything for the and simply absorbed some of the
employees of COHERENT!
AMERICAN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
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was able to get a CIRV earmark inserted into a bill by PMA through
I I The earmark was for $2 million.
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I you were a o y1st an you wanted to
what you had to do, raise a lot of money.
You were given your expectation for how much you had to raise. We
would look at each other and say "Are you kidding?".
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that they were not a owe anyone because it could be
considered obstruction of PMA did not want the news of a
search floating around as not be good for business.
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itled "Oink: News from the federal pork investigation". The blog
iscussed a lobbyist who saidl lwere clear that
he more money you raised, the more earmarks you'd get.)
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L.,--_.1 may have sent a bottle or two of wine to L.l ____ ___.
during Christmas.
I !tickets af PMA PMA paid for
hockey tickets, dinner: and wrestling tickets
was a staffer. I . lthe
tickets was to help bu1ld a reiat1onship with the staffer. It was
expected that the relationship could help PMA clients.
did not deal a lot with MURTHA's office.
lwere the PMA associates who
primarily dealt witl.::-h---:M-=u=R::-:T::::HA:-:-:::--:-, s-o---::-f-:::f..,-iice. At PMA, you had to go
through the chain of command to contact a member's office.
the PMA associate with the best relationship
to be of contact for a member's office.
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GRILLE.
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09/18/2009
On this date,l lwas interviewed at
the United States Attorney's Ott1ce, Plttsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA)-
Also participating in the interview were: Special Agent (SA) {
I I Federal Bureau of Investi ation (FBI), Washin ton _ ___.
Office,
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!advised thad lhad limited technical
knowledge and primar1ly completed manufacturing as a
sub for prime contracts.
came from the
approximately $8.1 million that Coherent Syestems International
(CSI) received from a fixed price contract for Ground Mobile
Gateway (GMG). The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida awarded CSI the contract as part of the
Battlefield Airman Program! I
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was to build four (4) Ground Mobile Gateway Systems.
advised that the total cost of producing those four (4)
vehicles was approximately $8 million and stated that
I nothing that was used in theedract.
!advised that the provided to went directly
against his profi.ts .1 advised that the c eck of the
$8.1 million contract was received in December 2005 .. Originally,
I !requested the first check t1 he $2 1 million but he was
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lded approximately $5 million. _ _advised thatl I
were typically third tier and they did not completely
erstand the technical aspects of the business.
advised that KSA CONSULTING,
instructed
Congressman MURTH to contact
lobbyist activit . n ddition to
the approximately Coherent
received a check for approximately $17,200 on November 17, 2006,
and a $70,000 check in mid-2006.
he
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exJlained to be Con ressman MURTHA to et
likely produced some type of circuit boards but
those circuit boafds were primarily for the Battlefield Airman
Program not GMG. _ !advised that Argon completed an inventory
and took pictures of the circuit boards located atl I
Windber facility. I !reiterated that these clrcult boards had
nothing to do with the GMG.
I !advised that the Ground Mobile Gateway project
was a convenlent source to move money.
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significant portions of lobbyists fees and campaign contributions
for KSA. 3ETI was primarily an engineering firm and the .
understanding was that 3-ETI would provide all manufacturing work
tol I 3ETI represented that they employed approximately
forty (40) in Congressman MURTHA's CongressionalD
district. I !complained to Congressman MURTHA and
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manu fact u r l ng for ETI .
In mid- or early-2004, I ltoured 3ETI's facility and
learned that they were only employing approximately three (3) ,
add significant portions of their manufacturing work
was being sub-contracted to China.l that Congressman
MURTHA became extremely upset, "freaked out," and stated that 3ETI
was going to receive no additional earmarks, and he planned to pull
their current earmarks.
To address the issue of pulling 3ETI's earmarks, the loss
of retainer fees to KSA and political contributions, in mid- to
late-20041 I arrana;d a meet i no lo;i th (ongressman MURTHA,
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Neither I J or attended the meetlng.
At that point the earmarks to 3ETI were already approved
and in the pipeline; however, Congressman MURTHA froze the
distribution of those contracts. That meeting discussed the impact
of providing no additional earmarks to 3ETI and the impact on KSA
other clients and the loss of retainer fees and political
contributions. advised
I rwere
employed with KSA and Congressman MURTHA wanted to put the
approximately five (5) earmarks that were frozen to other KSA
clients. They started to deal withl lof the United
States Navy to rework those earmarks. There became significant
issues concerning taking those frozen contracts and providing those
directly to other KSA clients.
I ldescribed
the Bill and
clients. I I KSA,
omni-Christmas and everyone
Phase II as placing those earmarks in
providing those earmarks to KSA
made statements that there would be an
would be getting a share.
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Subsequently,! lwas telephonically contacted by
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aga1n stated he was not interestrd in contributing and, soon after,
received an additional call froml I toldl I that he
had just spoken with "the Boss" (MURTHA) and MURTHA supports you
and if he wanted that support to continue, "you need to go."
that he was aware that MURTHA's office
froze earmarks for 3ETI and believed it would be in his best
interests to contribute. Eventually) !contributed
approximately $2,000 to the DCCC but did not attend the fund
raising event.
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___jindicated he did not know what was even built, no expenditures
were ever documented against thf job, and the KUCHERA staff was
looking for the cards. I _advised he did protest tol I
I lthat he was out $1:8 million to KSA's client; those went
str1ctly against his profit. Based on this contract, Coherent broke
even or lost a little bit of money, but planned on getting
additional contracts for the Ground Mobile Gateway System.
I that Phase III of the Ground Mobile
Gateway System
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move the approximate $4.2 m1ll1on and $4.0 m1ll1on dollar earmarks
previously awarded to 3ETI (AEPTEC) money and place it in the
Tsunami Relief Bill. KSA called the movement of money to other
clients as the "A Team" and, again, the lrbbyists retainers
increased significantly and, according toL _fund raising
began to go through the roof.
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noted that later ,I lwent to work for VanU
I !advised there is significant e-mail traffic between
I land, at that point, Coherent
stating that Coherent would be blackballed from any Air Force
contracts if they did not use those VanU Bose products in GMG.
I !advised that the 15-20% tax money was always a
"skim" off earmarks.
advised thad lwas really at the top
of the hierarchy for the earmarks and described it almost like a
Mafia-like system with Congressman MURTHA being the leader.
Comm1ttee. unfam1l1ar w1th
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that Congressman MURTHA
ton D.C.
!further stated he does not believe that
is receiving direct cash or kickbacks, but
rather is motivated by power and campaign funds.
When asked by interviewing Agents about guns,
use guns on numerous occasions and participated in
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I !advised that the additional $1.8 million
$8.1 mill1on Ground Mobile Gatewa contract was used to
KSA clients. In addition to
advised none of the approximately $1.8 million
provided to KSA clients was used to support the four GMG systems.
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rece1ving earmarks. Each of tpe owners of Applied Technology were
paid approximately $12,000 per month. At one point,l Jwas
requested to be CEO of Applied Technology and in approximately
2006, Coherent acquired Applied Technology.
I ladvise1 :he :niJdjn: lease for 99 Spruce was
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beginning, Coherent was only paying utilities and eventually
started. paying rent of $30,000 per month. Coherent employed about
twenty-five (25) employees at that location and eventually that
building was leased to ARGON. When that sale occurred, Rockwell
negotiated a five (5) year lease and instead of the
Coherent was paying, ARGON began to pay $95,000 per month.
reiterated that building was purchased for $1 million and COHERENT
was paying $30,000 per month. After the sale of COHERENT to ARGON,
che rent increased to $95,000 per month.
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lunch, partner,! !replaced
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advised that MURTHA's intent was or to rece1ve
manufacturing work and was told others thatl I
was to receive manufacturing work advised he
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that during the last election for
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jwh1lel Jwas the office and
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was pushing for fund raising act1v1t . indicated the
needed for a fund raising event
that of that $100,000, he was to organ1ze 30,000
in contributions. That $30,000 was to be from Argon and checks
collected! lwere to be credited to Argon.
Interviewing Agents questioned' !concerning any
conduit campaign contributions. !advised he is not aware of
any specific conduit campaign contr1but1ons, but stated that he
believed there are possibly bonuses offered to key employees to
assist in fund raising contributions.
I !advised that MURTHA was
with the successful raising event!
venr pl ea sld
during which they raised a roximatel 115 000. As a result
Congressman MURTHA had
MURTHA indicated he
business.
I !advised thatl
I collected the
that Congressman MURTHA expla1ned to
was to find a line program that they give
to I I explained that the earmarks were typically
several million dollars, but on the insertion of a line item, also
called a turbo earmark, those amounts can be around say $50
million. I I through MURTHA, instructed I I to find
a program. I IWas referred to who is
manager with the United States Government. metl___jln
November 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), to take a
$50 million increase to an existing project. issued a Broad
Agency Announc:ement (BAA) for the $50 million Program of
Record.
!advised that these are basically no bid contracts
__ a...Jwarded a bid but everything unraveled afte.r the
search warrant.
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I lwas guestioned by interviewing Agents regarding
his knowledge of CTC. L !advised that CTC was set up as a
non-profit entity and was an excellent way to direct money and
receive funding for secret programs.
that EOC (Electro Optical Center) was
also a clearing house for earmarksJ !advised that EOC is a
clearing house for earmarks and they work in coordination
with lobbyists from PMA. EOC is an additional outlet for MURTHA to
earmark funding.
I !explained that there is a focus to branch out to
generate additional funds. Branching out refers to opening
additional businesses in MURTHA's Congressional District, hiring
employees and collecting campaign funds. This is also called
"growing your own fund raising."
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investigation; and, after the search, staffer! lwas "freaking
pointed down the street, and indicated "that bitch is going
and we will have Senator! lon our side."
he was referring to United States
r !explained his understanding that all earmarks
MURTHA's district are based on fund
raising, not who can create businesses in the district_. It often
does not go to the.most qualified individuals.
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game.further explained that the government officers and
program managers are involved by needing control and power, and
potential future employment with these private contractors.
I !provided numerous documents to interviewing
Agents, wh1ch 1nc uded: e-mails, newspaper articles printed from
the Internet, hand notes, spreadsheets with contract awards. These
documents will be maintained in the Evidence Section of the file.
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2007,1 lbecame worried about the perception others may have
of her for making such a significant amount of campaign
contributions at such a young age and such an early stage of her
employment with PMA. The portion of the ethics trainin dealin
with being reimbursed for campaign contributions caused
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having received an eye-opener regard1ng the part of the training
about not being able to be reimbursed for campaign contributions.
never ________ .....rl to have someone else make a
campaign contribution.
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contributions because she did not want to get onl lbad side.
Some PMA associates had come tol lfor fund raiser
requests and said something to the effect of I lasked me to come
to you to see if you could contribute to this fund raiser."
After the search of returned to
PMA and had a discussion with possibly said that
someone at PMA looked at her unny or sa1 something to her.
I lsaid something to the effect of "All these people are
looking at us like we did something wrong." I lwas paranoid
about what others at PMA were thinking about her. Everyone at PMA
knew whose computers were seized. I lknew that if her
computer had been at PMA at the time of the search, the FBI would
have taken her computer as well. That made! !paranoid about
the situation.
I lhad several conversafions witfl !when she
returned to PMA after the FBI's search.was frea ed out
and paranoid. I I kept saying "Don
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truth. You didn't do anything wrong. he ok. It was your
tried to just cut off the conversation as lwas
uncomfortable.
After the search of PMA by the FBI ,I !had
contacted Congressman JOHN MURTHA to inquire about retting a job
back on the Hill and seeing if MURTHA would provideL Jwith a
recommendation. MURTHA toldl lthat he could not do that
until the situation at PMA is resolved. MURTHA explained that if
he helped get a position on the Hill and the PMA story
blew up, 1 w URTHA in a bad position.
conversation became u set. While talkin
upset and worr1ed about her future career.
I ldid not recall anyone at PMA acknowledging
having feceiyed a bonus for campaign contributions. After the
search,_ I said "This is what I do as a lobbyist. No one
controls my campaign contributions."
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Case Number: 58C-WF-237134
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Details: For case management purposes, w.riter requests that the
following subfile be opened on the captioned matter:
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Case ID #: SSC-WF-237134 (Pending)
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CFPO - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH;
Date: 1/5/2011
Synopsis: Request all case files be unrestricted.
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against him and unsealed on 8/5/2010:
Count 1: charging him with making false statements in violation
of Title 18, USC 1001;
Count 7: charging him with making illegal conduit campaign
contributions in violation of Title 2, USC 441f;
Case ID : 58C-WF-237134
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Count 11: charging him with making illegal corporate campaign
contributions in violation of Title 2, USC 441b.
The remaining eight charges were dismissed.
I lpled guilty to a single misdemeanor
count for his involvement and was already sentenced on
11/16/2010.
Congressman John Murtha was the original subject of
captioned case when it was first opened in 2007. Murtha died in
February 2010. Since the Department of Justice Public Integrity
Section has no plans to charge anyone else in the case and no
additional investigation will be conducted, it is requested all
case files listed below be unrestricted within ACS. Once
sentencing is complete and all administrative tasks have been
completed, the case will be submitted for closure.
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