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Dem Rep. Chaka Fattah resigns, effective immediately

By Kelly Cohen
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Dem Rep. Chaka Fattah resigns, effective immediately

Rep. Chaka Fattah resigned from Congress Thursday, effective immediately.

The Pennsylvania Democrat, who has represented West Philadelphia since 1995, was found guilty Tuesday of all the federal corruption charges he faced. Fattah lost his seat in the April primary to state Rep. Dwight Evans.

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