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ABSCAMAbdul-Scam (1980s FBI investigation)


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Harrison Williams in 1982 (the Abscam bribery scandal), stepped aside before their colleagues could give them the boot.
Aside from his membership on the 9/11 Commission, Ben-Veniste prosecuted former top Nixon administration officials in the Watergate coverup; prosecuted the top aide to Democratic Speaker John McCormack for bribery and perjury; defended a lawyer in the FBI's Abscam sting operation in which bribes were paid to members of Congress; and served as Democratic counsel to the Republican-controlled Senate Whitewater Committee that investigated the Clintons.
 
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