The FBI videotaped Murtha responding to an offer of $50,000...."I'm not interested... at this point. [If] we do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't," right after Murtha had offered to provide names of businesses and banks in his district where money could be invested legally. The US Attorney's Office concluded that Murtha's intent was to obtain investment in his district. The tape shows Murtha citing prospective investment opportunities that could return "500 or 1000" miners to work.
NOTE: The purported bribes were gifts of stock in titanium mines.
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