Congressional Post Office scandal
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congressional-post-office-scandal-249-17361944
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Congressional Post Office scandal
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The Congressional Post Office scandal was the discovery of corruption among various Congressional Post Office employees and members of the United States House of Representatives, investigated 1991–95, culminating in House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) pleading guilty in 1996 to reduced charges of mail fraud. Initially an investigation by the United States Capitol Police into a single embezzlement charge against a single employee, evidence rapidly led to the inclusion
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1990s US political scandal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Post_Office_scandal
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2024-04-22T08:13:28Z
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