A former Pennsylvania congressman convicted in the 1970s Abscam investigation pleaded guilty Monday to new charges he’d bribed a poll worker to stuff ballot boxes in local elections.
The union paid paid Myers more than $400,000 in recent years for his services, records show.
Specifically, Myers admitted Monday to paying thousands of dollars to former two judges of election in deep South Philadelphia’s 39th Ward — Dominic DeMuro, who oversaw voting for the ward’s 36th division, and Marie Beren, a former staffer for City Councilmember Mark Squilla, who oversaw voting in the 2nd division.
It “enabled him to take credit for the electoral successes of his Philadelphia-based clients and preferred candidates, secure his standing in local party politics that enabled him to control and influence the 39th Ward, and influence the distribution of local patronage jobs,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric L. Gibson wrote in court filings.
“I’m gonna get you a couple checks, there’s no question about that,” the former congressman told DeMuro in one conversation quoted in court papers. “If you want to give me a different name than Domenick DeMuro, that’s your business.” In one case described by prosecutors, Myers cut a $1,000 bribe check made out to DeMuro’s wife during the 2017 Democratic primary campaign. Little did he know DeMuro was working for the feds at the time.
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