Facing the probability of a stiff prison sentence and slim odds of having his conviction reversed on appeal, the fate of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pennsylvania, seems all but sealed.
Fattah—who resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives two days after his conviction on racketeering charges—said the day he was convicted that he and his lawyers would discuss their next move. On Thursday, the congressman’s appellate lawyer, Bruce Merenstein, declined to say whether that discussion had taken place.
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