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He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Senate (1959–1982). Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981, for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, [1] and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982 before a planned expulsion vote. [2]
The following Congressmen were convicted: Harrison A. Williams Senator (D-NJ) Convicted on 9 counts of bribery and conspiracy. Sentenced to 3 years in prison. [73] John Jenrette (D-SC) sentenced to two years in prison for bribery and conspiracy. [74]
Harrison A. Williams: Senate: New Jersey 1981 Federal official bribery and gratuity, federal official conflict-of-interest, Travel Act, and conspiracy to defraud the United States Abscam [55] Democrat: Bob Menendez: Senate: New Jersey 2024 bribery, extortion, acting as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice and several counts of conspiracy ...
The last senator to resign was Harrison Williams Jr., also a New Jersey Democrat who was convicted of bribery. He resigned in 1982 before the Senate could vote on whether to expel him. What if ...
U.S. Representative Michael Myers, second from left, holds an envelope containing $50,000 that he just received from undercover FBI agents. Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption. [1]
Harry Claiborne (D-NV) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate on two counts of tax evasion. He served over one year in prison. [375] J. William Petro (R) U.S. Attorney in Ohio, was found guilty of criminal contempt of court for leaking confidential information. He was removed from office. (1985) [343]
The 1976 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democrat Harrison A. Williams defeated Republican nominee David A. Norcross with 60.66% of the vote. Primary elections were held on June 8, 1976 [1] and were uneventful. Williams easily staved off an anti-abortion campaign from attorney Stephen J. Foley.
A jury found Timothy Williams guilty on all three counts of second-degree murder in the 1984 rape and murder of 14-year-old Wendy Jerome. "Justice delayed was not going to be justice denied for ...