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Paul Magliocchetti

Despite Donations To Girl Scouts, PMA Lobbyist Gets 27 Months

Ryan J. Reilly and Alex Sciuto | January 7, 2011, 6:17PM

Former super-lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti was sentenced today to 27 months in prison, a spokesman for the Justice Department told TPM.

Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia, told TPM that the hearing, which began at 1 p.m., lasted until 5:30 p.m.

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Topics: Congress, Corruption, Department of Justice, Eastern District of Virginia, John Murtha, Lobbyists, Office of Congressional Ethics, PMA, PMA Group, Paul Magliocchetti

Paul Magliocchetti

Shrink Says PMA Lobbyist Could Commit Suicide If Imprisoned

Ryan J. Reilly and Alex Sciuto | January 5, 2011, 8:40AM

Lawyers for Paul Magliocchetti, the big time lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and giving false statements to a federal agency, are asking a federal court to grant leniency to their client, who's set to be sentenced on Friday.

Dr. David Blackmon, a licensed psychologist in Jacksonville Beach, Florida performed a neuropsychological evaluation on Magliocchetti and lawyers have requested he testify in court this week.

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Topics: Depression, Florida, Lobbyists, PMA, PMA Group, Paul Magliocchetti

Paul Magliocchetti

Ex-PMA Lobbyist Pleads Guilty To Contribution Scheme, Feds Say Pols Were Unaware

Ryan J. Reilly | September 24, 2010, 4:57PM


Reps. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) and John Murtha (D-PA)

The founder and president of the lobbying firm PMA Group Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency.

Paul Magliocchetti orchestrated a scheme to make illegal federal campaign contributions in an effort to enrich himself and PMA, according to the indictment.

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Paul Magliocchetti

Report: PMA Lobbyist To Plead Guilty

Ryan J. Reilly | September 17, 2010, 9:17AM

Paul Magliocchetti -- the founder of the now-defunct lobbying firm PMA who was indicted last month on eight federal charges alleging he made illegal campaign contributions and gave false statements -- has decided to plead guilty, the Associated Press reports.

Magliocchetti will enter a guilty plea on Sept. 24 in federal court in Alexandria, Va., a source from outside the government who is familiar with the criminal investigation told The AP.

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Topics: PMA, PMA Group, Paul Magliocchetti, Paul Visclosky

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Former Head Of PMA Indicted

Rachel Slajda | August 5, 2010, 2:14PM


The late Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)

Paul Magliocchetti, the founder of the now-defunct lobbying group PMA, has been indicted on eight federal charges for making illegal campaign contributions and false statements.

PMA, which closed down last year, was an influential defense lobbying group at the center of a scandal that threatened to take down at least seven Democratic lawmakers, including the late Rep. John Murtha, chair of the defense appropriations subcommittee. The House ethics committee last year cleared all the members of wrongdoing, and today's indictment does not implicate any lawmakers.

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Topics: Campaign Donations, Ethics, John Murtha, Lobbyists, PMA Group, Paul Magliocchetti

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