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{{shortShort description|20th-century American politician (1938–2008)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name image = Raymond F. Lederer.jpg
|birth_nameimage = Raymond FrancisF. Lederer.jpg
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]▼
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|05|19}}▼
|district = {{ushr|PA|3|3rd}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.▼
| term_start = January 3, 1977▼
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|01|1938|05|19}}▼
| term_end = April 29, 1981▼
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
before|predecessor = [[William J. Green III|Bill Green III]]|▼
▲| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| succeededsuccessor = [[Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician)|Joseph F. Smith]]▼
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
| state_house2state_house1 = Pennsylvania▼
▲| term_start = January 3, 1977
| district2district1 = [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 180|180th]]▼
▲| term_end = April 29, 1981
| term_start2term_start1 = January 2, 1973▼
| preceded = [[William J. Green III]]
| term_end2term_end1 = November 30, 1976▼
▲| succeeded = [[Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician)|Joseph F. Smith]]
after|predecessor1 = [[JosephWilliam FJ. SmithLederer (Pennsylvania politician)|Joseph F.William SmithLederer]]▼
▲| state_house2 = Pennsylvania
| successor2successor1 = [[Clifford Gray (politician)|Clifford Gray]]▼
▲| district2 = [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 180|180th]]
|birth_name = Raymond Francis Lederer
▲| term_start2 = January 2, 1973
▲| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|055|19}}
▲| term_end2 = November 30, 1976
|birth_place predecessor2 = [[WilliamPhiladelphia]], J. Lederer ([[Pennsylvania politician)|William Lederer]], U.S.
▲| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|011|1938|055|19}}
▲| successor2 = [[Clifford Gray (politician)|Clifford Gray]]
▲| birth_placedeath_place = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]▼
|resting_place = [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania)|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]], [[Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| spouse =
▲| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|DemocratDemocratic]]
| children =▼
|spouse religion = Eileen Coyle
▲| children = 6
|education = [[Saint Joseph's University]]<br>[[Community College of Philadelphia]]<br>[[Pennsylvania State University]]
}}
'''Raymond Francis Lederer''' (May 19, 1938&nbsp;– December 1, 2008) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district]] from 1977 to 1981. He was convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 [[Abscam]] scandal.
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Lederer was videotaped at a motel in New York on September 11, 1979, at a meeting with two undercover agents who presented themselves as representatives of a supposed Arab sheik. Accepting $50,000 in cash, he told the agents "I can give you me" in exchange for the money.<ref name=NYTObit/>
 
After being implicated in the [[Abscam]] sting, Lederer was convicted of bribery on January 9, 1981, and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.<ref name="npr">{{cite news | title = The Equal-Opportunity Culture of Corruption | author = Rudin, Ken | date = 2007-06-06 | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10770284 | publisher = [[NPR]] | access-date = July 29, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrW_aG8P_5sC&q=On+9+January+1981,+Lederer+was+convicted+of+all+charges+of+bribery+and+conspiracy&dq=On+9+January+1981,+Lederer+was+convicted+of+all+charges+of+bribery+and+conspiracy|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|date=1987|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> Despite his indictment in the scandal, Lederer was re-elected, unlike the other members of the House implicated in the Abscam scandal.<ref name=ExitLederer>Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7DF1738F930A35756C0A967948260 "THE NATION; Exit Mr. Lederer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 3, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>Via ''[[United Press International]]''. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/993069652.html?dids=993069652:993069652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+05%2C+1981&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Re-Elected+Congressman+Begins+Trial+Today+in+Abscam+Scandal&pqatl=google "Re-Elected Congressman Begins Trial Today in Abscam Scandal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018064753/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/993069652.html?dids=993069652:993069652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+05,+1981&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Re-Elected+Congressman+Begins+Trial+Today+in+Abscam+Scandal&pqatl=google |date=2012-10-18 }}, ''[[Hartford Courant]]'', January 5, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref> In the 1980 race, Lederer won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Republican William J. Phillips, who had 32.8%, Consumer Party candidate Max Weiner with 9.5% and Independent John Morris with 3.2%.<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38969 PA District 3 – 1980], [[Our Campaigns]]. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref>
 
The [[United States House Committee on Ethics|United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct]] voted to expel him on April 28, 1981.<ref name=NYTObit/> Lederer resigned the following day, citing "personal legal problems" that interfered with his ability to serve his constituents.<ref name=ExitLederer/> [[Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician)|Joseph F. Smith]] ran in the Democratic Party primary in a race to succeed Lederer in a special election. After losing in the primary to David B. Glancey, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, Smith ran in the July 1981 special election as both an Independent and as a Republican (with the approval of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]) and defeated Glancey, having promised in his campaign to caucus with the Democrats if elected.<ref name="npr"/><ref>via ''[[United Press International]]''. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801EEDF173BF93AA15754C0A967948260 "special election"&st=cse "NEW HOUSE MEMBERS SWORN IN "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 1981. Accessed December 7, 2008.</ref>
 
Lederer served ten months in [[Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood|Allenwood Federal Prison]]. He later worked as a roofer. Lederer died on December 1, 2008, of [[lung cancer]] at age 70 and is interred at the [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania)|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]] in [[Cheltenham, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=NYTObit>via ''[[Associated Press]]''. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04lederer.html "Raymond Lederer, Abscam Figure, Is Dead at 70 "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 3, 2008. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref><ref name=PDNObit>{{cite news|title=Raymond F. Lederer dies at 70 |author=Morrison, John F. |date=2008-12-02 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20081202_Raymond_F__Lederer_dies_at_70.html |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |access-date=2008-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211092806/http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20081202_Raymond_F__Lederer_dies_at_70.html |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==External links==
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