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Vito Fossella
Does Embezzlement Scandal Explain Fossella's Missing FEC Reports?
Zachary Roth | May 12, 2010, 3:32PM
Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY)
Two-family man Vito Fossella is said to be mulling a bid to recapture his old House seat -- but he hasn't filed FEC reports, as required by law, in over a year. Could a Republican embezzlement scandal help explain why?
The commission recently wrote to Fossella -- a New York Republican who left Congress under a cloud in 2009 -- to inform him that his campaign committee had failed to file a quarterly report for the January-March 2010 period, as required by law. This was the fourth "failure to file" notice Fossella has received from the committee over the last year, according to online records examined by TPMmuckraker. The former lawmaker didn't file reports for any of the second, third, or fourth quarters of 2009.
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Vito Fossella
Fossella Pleads Guilty To DUI
Zachary Roth | April 13, 2009, 3:59PM
Vito Fossella, the former GOP congressman from Staten Island, NY, has pleaded guilty to DUI charges, the Associated Press reports -- and according to his lawyer, the decision was prompted in part by the death of a Major League Baseball player last week.
Fossella was arrested May 1, 2008, and charged with driving while drunk. The arrest led to revelations that he had fathered a child as part of an extra-marital affair. He served out his term, but did not run for reelection this fall. He was convicted in October, but was appealing his conviction.
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