Larry Pressler, Abscam, and the Hall of Fame

Gulf State Journalism ^ | July 30, 2020 | Ron Kolb

[Interesting Times]

With the recent indictment of former Congressman and Abscam figure Michael "Ozzie" Myers for election fraud, the high profile FBI sting from 40 years ago was back in the news. And now eyes turn to former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler, who is scheduled to be inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame this September.

In 2014, Pressler was attempting to return to the Senate after an 18-year absence. Jonathan Ellis was a reporter covering the campaign for the Argus News Leader, the state's largest newspaper in Sioux Falls. I sent Ellis the transcript of the FBI undercover tape of Pressler made during the controversial Abscam investigation in 1979 as well as some background material showing Pressler has been less than honest about the penultimate event of his career.

[Interesting Times]

This in-depth research article shows how former Senator and long-time political opportunist Larry Pressler falsely positioned himself as the "hero" of the ABSCAM scandal.

Nevertheless, Pressler will shortly be inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Pressler is a flake and imbecile.

[South Dakota]

It was always my opinion that pressler was in it up to his neck and the dems used him like an ace in the whole for them.

Pressler was definetly tryinv to steal repub votes away from RINO Mike rounds