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Harrison Arlington " Pete " Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919 – November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Senate (1959–1982).
- 1941–1945
Nov 20, 2001 · Harrison A. Williams Jr., the Democratic senator from New Jersey who used his considerable power to further the interests of labor and education before being convicted of bribery and...
At the trial in United States District Court in Brooklyn, New York, the FBI produced videotapes of Williams promising to use his influence to aid a supposed Arab sheik (impersonated by an FBI agent) in return for a multi-million dollar loan to a titanium-mining corporation in which the senator had a secret financial interest.
Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) was indicted on October 30, 1980, and convicted on May 1, 1981, on nine counts of bribery and conspiracy to use his office to aid in business ventures. Williams repeatedly met with the FBI agents and had worked out a deal where he would become involved in a titanium mining operation by way of having 18% of ...
May 2, 1981 · Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. of New Jersey was found guilty last night of bribery and conspiracy charges stemming from the Justice Department's Abscam investigation of political...
Nov 20, 2001 · Former Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr., a popular champion of organized labor whose career was ended by the Abscam bribery scandal, has died. He was 81. Williams, who had battled cancer and...
