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Fattah convicted on federal corruption charges

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.) was convicted Tuesday on federal racketeering and bribery charges, putting an ignominious stamp on the career of one of the region's longest-serving members of Congress and all but ensuring that his public life will be capped with a prison sentence.

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah leaves the federal courthouse after being convicted on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in a federal racketeering case.
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah leaves the federal courthouse after being convicted on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in a federal racketeering case.Read moreMICHAEL ARES / Staff Photographer
    by Jeremy Roebuck, Staff Writer
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