Embattled Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams admitted to
taking bribes, extortion and fraud, reported The Legal Intelligencer.
Williams entered his guilty plea as
part of a deal with the government, with prosecutors to dismiss 28 of the 29
charges against him, in exchange for admitting to one count; that he took
bribes, including a trip to Punta Cana from Feasterville businessman Mohammed
Ali in exchange for helping Ali to bypass airport security.
Williams also submitted his letter of resignation to
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond during the proceedings in Philadelphia's
federal courthouse. Diamond ordered the letter be delivered to Mayor Jim Kenney
by the end of the day.
Today's guilty plea marks an anticlimactic end to
a once promising future for Williams, who at his peak was considered a
contender for mayor or even higher office.
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