Guilty, but reelected, Rep. Acosta finds a chill at the Capitol
HARRISBURG - Rep. Leslie Acosta returned to Harrisburg this week. No one seemed happy to see her.
The North Philadelphia Democrat, who secretly pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge this year and yet was reelected on Nov. 8, received an icy reception at her first extended visit to the Capitol since the Inquirer exposed her legal troubles in September.
Members of the Philadelphia delegation unceremoniously asked her to leave. One accused her of wearing a wire for federal investigators.
And though she had previously vowed to launch a legal bid to keep her seat even after she is sentenced next spring, her colleagues made clear they had little desire to help her stay.
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