The Nation - News from April 10, 1985
Two former Philadelphia city councilmen convicted in 1980 in the FBI’s Abscam investigation for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes were ordered to begin serving prison sentences on April 22. The judicial ruling ended 55 months of appeals for reduced sentences by former council President George X. Schwartz and former Councilman Harry P. Jannotti. Schwartz, 70, faces a sentence of a year and a day. Jannotti, who was majority leader under Schwartz, was sentenced to six months in prison. Both are Democrats.
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