May 26, 2015

John Murphy, NY congressman convicted in Abscam, dies at 88

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Congressman John Murphy, who represented Staten Island for 18 years before being caught in the Abscam corruption scandal in the late 1970s, has died. He was 88.

The Democrat, who served in Congress from 1963 to 1981, died of a heart attack at Richmond University ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics