John Murtha Part 12

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S. 4.. ¬TT' 5""FED~ERALI,B_U,R_EA'UO[;' INVESTIGATIQN _ 
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.' i On AP¥ii l, 1980; Representative James Q, 
right, .» Jr»,  Dl2thiDistrictr"TexaT!was contacted byisfecial Agents __~ bo *K$Ai'-S!  | and i i ' 5 '
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 Wright was advised of the identities~of the inter-
viewing Agents and'the nature or the interview and provided
the following inidrmationz $ -
Wright:infQ¥m66 the Agents-that he firstklearned
=of the QBSQAM operation from reading the newspapers,~ Prior to that he had absolutely no@contact*or hnowiedge oi the i
ABSCAM operation and was never»approachedby anyone concerningirewards, monetary or otherwise, available in return ior his , '
- suPQ9rt~o£ legislation, ~1
'- i Wright stated he is acquainted with-Ozzie Myers
:4and Raymond Lederer, due to the fact that it is his-job -
to know aIl the men_in the Democratic Caucus. Wright in
ormedthe Agents_that he knows.neither on a social basis andjhas
never been to Myers and Lederér"s residence.
~ » i ha Wright indicated he does notknow and haslnever
 heard.o£ Howard Qriden, ;9u,JohanS0p4 or Angelo Errichetti.
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A .w » ~Wright stated that shortly aiter the ABSCAM operation
was exposed, Congressmen John Murtha and Jim Howard stopped,in td_see him; Wright indicated he and Martha are good 
friends, and Martha just wanted to assurefwright that he wasvv1 not involved in the ABSCAM operation, Wright stated that
Howard explained to him that he had been qOntacted by same
man who wanted him  Howard! to meet,an individual who Howard 
~Qhderstood needed help with immigration problems; Howard
indicated to Wright that he told
identified! that he would notjgo
but if he had_a»problem he could
office. Wright indicated~he did
came to Howardls pfiice. Wright
- that~someone_might.have gone outthis man  not further 5
to this individua1s house,
stop hyihis i
owardls
 ~~*not believe the~individual ~
stated Howard was concernedto see this individual '
and innocentlybe implicated in the ABSCAM investigation. A
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