United States v. Fattah

MEMORANDUM

Bartle, District Judge.

This action is the story of political corruption involving five criminal schemes. Following their convictions by a jury after a lengthy trial, the defendants have filed motions for judgments of acquittal under Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or in the alternative for a new trial under Rule 33.

Congressman Chaka Fattah, Sr., Herbert Vederman, Robert Brand, Karen Nicholas, and Bonnie Bowser were charged in a twenty-nine count indictment with conspiracy to commit racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)) as well as an array of other crimes.1 The…