Would you commit a crime if you thought you would never get caught? If you thought everyone was doing it? If there were no victims, just some light corruption? Maybe not, but what if the government compelled you to do it? This week, Maia dives into the anti-corruption operation the Federal government ran known as ABSCAM with the help of known con artist Melvin Weinberg. Dozens of politicians get swept up in corruption charges, and some were clearly better at committing crime than others. In an effort to root out corruption one has to ask... does this bribe make me look fat? This week, on Well, I Laughed: Money Talks

 

00:00:00 Catch-Up
00:13:36 Money Talks
00:25:01 Shenanigans
00:39:18 ABSCAM is Born
00:55:01 Definitions
00:58:14 Accidentally Political
01:26:48 Breaking the Story
01:35:15 In Court
01:43:09 Sting v Entrapment
01:46:56 Legacy
01:51:44 Mel Weinberg

 

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