PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia’s former top prosecutor is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty in a corruption scandal.
Court records show that Seth Williams is set to appear in federal court on Tuesday afternoon. He faces up to five years in prison for a single count of accepting a bribe from a businessman.
The ex-district attorney was disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week.
FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Williams, the city of Philadelphia’s former top prosecutor, in a Thursday, Oct. 19 order retroactive to when the court suspended his license on April 13, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal in June. Williams faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The two-term Democrat pleaded guilty in June, two weeks into a trial that included damaging testimony about a stream of money and gifts showered on him. A federal judge said he “sold” his office and ordered him immediately jailed.
Williams was Philadelphia’s first black district attorney.
He spent years as an assistant prosecutor and was previously tasked with rooting out corruption as the city’s inspector general.
FILE – In this March 22, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams arrives for his arraignment on bribery and extortion charges at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Williams, the city of Philadelphia’s former top prosecutor, in a Thursday, Oct. 19 order retroactive to when the court suspended his license on April 13, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney, who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal in June 2017. Williams faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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