Former U.S. Rep. Michael Myers was charged this
week with conspiring to violate voting rights by fraudulently stuffing
ballot boxes for specific candidates in several primary elections, bribery and obstruction, the Justice Department said Thursday. The Justice Department said Thursday he has been charged this week with
conspiring and bribing the former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward,
36th Division, Domenick J. Demuro.
Myers,
a Democrat, served as a congressman for Pennsylvania’s 1st District
from 1976 until he was expelled from the House in 1980 after
the Abscam scandal. Prosecutors say Myers bribed Demuro to illegally add votes for certain
candidates in primary elections. The indictment says Myers solicited
“consulting fees” from clients and then used some of this money to pay
off Demuro and others for tampering with election results.