Harry P. Jannotti (June 18, 1924 – September 3, 1998) was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council.
[1][2] A protégé of Councilman George Schwartz, Jannotti was first recruited to run in 1969 for the Seventh District seat vacated by Joseph J.
Jannotti had also been elected leader of the Democratic City Committee's 19th Ward, and ran his political operation out of a tavern he owned.
The men, who were actually FBI agents, agreed to pay Jannotti $10,000 in exchange for his use of his influence over Council to get the project approved.
Indeed, the Abscam investigation would later come under criticism for excess involvement by government agents seeking to push bribes on public officials.
[8] He would serve close to five months of the sentence, during which time he was incarcerated in Allenwood Federal Prison in Gregg Township, Union County.
Further, she sought to block Jannotti's name from even appearing on the ballot, citing a provision in the State Constitution that prohibits anyone convicted of "infamous crimes" from holding "any office of trust or profit."