Harrison A. Williams Jr. Dies; Abscam Ousted N.J. Senator The Washington Post (11/20/2001)
...than face expulsion for his role in the Abscam bribery scandal, died Nov. 17 at a hospital...elaborate FBI undercover operation known as Abscam that began in 1978. Short for Arab scam...business interests in which he had a stake. Abscam led to the conviction of six ...

U.S. House member convicted in Abscam dies.(Local) The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (12/3/2008)
...imprisoned for taking a bribe in the FBI's Abscam investigation, has died. He was 70...of New Jersey, were convicted in the Abscam sting. Lederer, a Democrat first elected...other members of Congress convicted in Abscam were Reps. John Jenrette, D-S.C...

Raymond F. Lederer, 70; Ex-Rep. Jailed in Abscam The Washington Post (12/3/2008)
...imprisoned for taking a bribe in the FBI's Abscam investigation, died of lung cancer Dec...of New Jersey, were convicted in the Abscam sting.Mr. Lederer, who was first elected...and Williams, the others convicted in Abscam were Reps. John Jenrette (D-S.C...

Murtha accused of bribe cover-up; Challenger: 1980 FBI 'Abscam' video shows 'intent'.(NATION) The Washington Times (Washington, DC) (10/5/2006)
...involvement in what became known as the "Abscam" scandal. The video was released last...received the video from a source close to the Abscam investigation. "It was widely reported...was not prosecuted for his ties to the Abscam investigation. Mr. Murtha cooperated...

EX-SEN. HARRISON WILLIAMS, TARGET OF ABSCAM, DIES AT 81.(CAPITAL REGION)(Obituary) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (11/20/2001)
...popular champion of organized labor whose career was ended by the Abscam bribery scandal, has died. He was 81. Williams, who had...But his political career ended after he was charged in the Abscam sting. In the FBI corruption investigation, begun in 1978...

Frank Thompson Jr., ex-congressman guilty in Abscam Chicago Sun-Times (7/24/1989)
...congressman for 26 years before his political career fell apart in the Abscam scandal, has died. He would have been 71 on Wednesday. A...bribes from FBI agents posing as big-spending investors in the Abscam investigation of congressmen. In December, 1980, he was convicted...

RICHARD KELLY 1924-2005; Lawmaker went to jail in Abscam Chicago Sun-Times (8/29/2005)
...Rep. Richard Kelly, the Republican congressman caught in the 1980 Abscam corruption scandal, died Monday at a nursing home in Stevensville, Mont...Mr. Kelly was elected to Congress in 1974 but defeated in 1980 after Abscam. AP

Abscam senator ends 2-year term Chicago Sun-Times (1/31/1986)
...senator to be jailed in 80 years when he was imprisoned more than two years ago for his bribery conviction in the FBI's Abscam probe, was released today from a halfway house. Williams, 65, slipped out the back door of a Newark halfway house about...

ABSCAM FIGURE GETS TERM FOR SHOPLIFTING The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (8/19/1989)
...psychiatric and alcoholism treatment. Jenrette, 53, served 13 months in prison after he was convicted in 1980 of bribery in the Abscam affair, a sting operation in which FBI agents posing as Arab sheiks and businessmen offered bribes to lawmakers. He is still...