Abscam

Former U.S. congressman was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s.

The former U.S. congressman was a colorful politician who was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s and whose wife talked to Playboy about an in-session dalliance on the U.S.

People in my state certainly remember the case of Sen. Harrison Williams, a four-term New Jersey Democrat convicted in 1981 on nine counts of bribery for his role in the Abscam scandal.

Mr. Brand cited the “Abscam” bribery case of the 1970s, when the defendants accused President Jimmy Carter of orchestrating the bribery sting, or the investigation of Senator Robert G. Torricelli, which was also surrounded by charges of politics.

John Jenrette, 86, a colorful member of Congress who was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s, died March 17, according to his obituary from Goldfinch Funeral Home in Conway, South Carolina.