A National Review (NR) article published on Saturday (June 5) notes that former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah is still receiving his pension.
NR wrote, “You would think that four years into a sentence for corruption charges and with no ongoing appeals, Fattah would have lost his taxpayer-funded pension by now. But the bureaucracy at OPM (Office of Personnel Management) hasn’t yet pulled the plug.”
NR cites the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) of 2007, which Denies Congressional retirement benefits to Members of Congress who are convicted of bribery, perjury, conspiracy or other related crimes in the course of carrying out their official duties as a Member of Congress.
Fattah represented Lower Merion and Narberth in Congress (when the township and borough were part of the Second Congressional District) for three terms, from 2013 to 2017). He was defeated in the Democratic Primary in 2016 by Dwight Evans.