When State Senator Vincent Fumo was first charged with a 139 count indictment in February 2007, his attorney at that time Richard Sprague, held a 75 minute press conference to denounce the government’s case against his client. (2 counts were later dropped) He specifically attacked the large number of counts with this charge.
“How do you [...]

Former state Senator Vincent Fumo could face more than 10 years in prison for his conviction on 137 counts of fraud and obstruction of justice. The trial lasted almost five months, included 1,300 exhibits introduced by federal prosecutors, and testimony from more than 100 witnesses, including Governor Ed Rendell. WHYY’s Susan Phillips looks back at [...]

Marty Moss-Coane interview Craig McCoy, one of the Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that broke the original story on Vincent Fumo that resulted in an investigation and yesterday’s guilty verdict in a federal court in Philadelphia yesterday. Also on today’s Radio Times was Eddie Ohlbaum, a professor of law at Temple University who has been following the [...]

The Philadelphia newspapers went all out to cover the verdict in the federal The Philadelphia corruption trial of former Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Fumo. The democrat who spent more than 30 years in the legislature was convicted on all 137 counts on fraud and obstruction of justice.
It was a stunning defeat for Fumo who became [...]

Vince Fumo, speaking after the verdict was announced. “I’m heartbroken and very disappointed and that’s it guys.”
Laurie Magid, U.S. Attorney, issued this statement. Public officials must remember the arrogant rationalizations that juries in this case and others have emphatically rejected. “I am worth it” is not a defense, is not an excuse, is not a [...]

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s live blogger Robert Moran reports that Vince Fumo has been found guilty on all counts.
The 65-year-old Philadelphia Democrat was charged with defrauding the senate, a nonprofit and a museum of more than $3.5 million, and destroying e-mail evidence.
The verdict came after a five-month trial that began Oct. 22 and featured more than [...]

The lawyers for former Pennsylvania State Senator Vince Fumo are calling for a mistrial because they claim a juror has been posting jury deliberation updates on the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.
Attorneys NiaLena Caravasos and Peter Goldberger filed a motion yesterday seeking the removal of the juror or the declaration of a mistrial because a [...]

By Tom Ferrick
I didn’t make it to federal court yesterday for Vince Fumo’s second day on the witness stand and perhaps it is just as well.  I would have been tempted to laugh out loud and gotten in trouble with the judge.
Bailiff, escort that laughing man from the courtroom at once!
On Monday, we had [...]

By Tom Ferrick
Of all the words I would use to describe Vincent Fumo, shy, awkward and introverted are not among them, but that’s how Fumo portrayed himself yesterday in his testimony in federal court.
That Vincent I do not know.
I know the rambunctious, over-the-top, master-of-the-universe Vince — the profane, funny, smarter-than-smart guy who fought with the political [...]

By Tom Ferrick
The good thing about the budget crisis is that it gives the city a chance to re-examine its priorities and ask hard questions. One of them is: Is this program really necessary?
Mayor Michael Nutter asked that question earlier and came up with some interesting answers: No to all the city’s swimming pools, [...]