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fewyearsago. Inthatcas ney,DonaldRobinsonwasacquitted after.hislawyers.showed,thattheun. dercover.jagentshad called-him.re- peatedly, Asaidthat inthe-curre congressional"sting case, middlemen someoneclaiming to be a Philadel : ing.of,the matter,before'thoolaction," :quoted as sayinghe.wants.a:fullair- the.undercover:agents ...brought.the phia lawyer with anArab.client.who,"Jenrettecontinued. I,sharehis-de congressmen to,the"sting, Wanted to get-into theUnited States:as sire. Once,the full information regard- The FBI-shut down tho.undercove a permanent residentandwhoing,this projectis releasedto the,oub might make some investments in Mur- operation and.conducted:hurrled-in ,tha's'congressional district" lie,I'amconfidentitwillsestablish. terylews'Saturdaywhen word.ot.the On Jan7 or 8, Murtha was taken-by. "sting begantoleak out toseveral the<lawyerto.ahWashingtonD.C, Jenrette, homeyesterday,but an aide:sald he news organizations would not come,to.the phone.An aide FBr Director: Webster deotaped by-FBI agents... personally said he didn't know why Jenrettedid called off the investigation,partly.be :Murtha said he agreed to try to find. cause, as one'source out,whether the#Arabcould-be ad put it,somebody allegation.thatthe congressmanhad mitted to the United StatesMurtha ..received $50,coo:asa-down.payment.to detthe.cat out,of.the bag sometime introducerabill keeping-onesofthe ago,butprimarilybecausehefelt there.was,no point-instringingit.out spectsin his-distyict,becausehe was, Jenrette's wife toid a television.re trying to "make.sure we didn'tlose any more simply to catch someone porter,Maybe,they.[the~FBI]gave; thati him'so much to drink'that, he said oh elsein the,web. Murtha sald the individuals at the! yeahtoeverything they.askedBut he meeting offered to put $1 mlllion on didn't.come home with the'$50,000." tent ofsayingI don'tseeanything dence-of the'Arab's purported $45 mil- JusticeDepartmentandamconfi : said hel was also toldit's worth $50,.. .week 000to get the Arab admitted to then .criminalactivity" He declined to.com or.givemesanothernmonth,ibut,how mentifurther.7 people'who think that-you wait long enough, you'll get everyone, but to say. "Then later,I,thought, "Ther lawyer's Woperation intohis trousers:andjacket getting.$50,000and he's:not worth-too Spockets.nak that everyone.has his prlce.is:Just-too, muchsbecause[he],doesn'tieven-know Thesources.said-they are confldent howtogethisclient into the thetapeswill withstand.court.chal The"stingoperatlon beganasca country.: Murthasaidhe told the" lenges. williams is.shown on one,tape. general.property.crimes investigation FBIagentswho came,to hisyhouse talking.actively,without,urging.from with,an informer who had helpedyin theundercoveragents,abouta.tita- you have-those.videotapes. niumminestockideal,the>sources the recoveryofsomevaluablepaint Jenrette is'alleged to have accepted ings that had been missing for years. $50,000,passed throughan associate, After.beingasked.what.else,he knew ing the senator/stock--phony stock- that might be of interest, the individ. .ual.offeredinformationthatledto tape to say that he had larceny-in.hisandxthe stockcertificates- are).made OperationABsCAM,for Arabscam. TheFBI,it wasunderstood, declded . dollarhe'could get his hands.on.... because that lent plausibillity,to the ap A proaches.that,were made." .a prepared statementhe-issuedhere,declined-to7comment on the charges The FBIagents assigned to the'op, yesterdays': eration were made, to lookas+authen- yesterday, SThompson,whohas denied reports tic as possible, reportedly+to the'ex someone in.obtaining financing for he,agreedrto.trade,favorsfor,cash,, tentofwearingtraditional-Middle Wwas deseribed last night by one source. Eastern.garb. which,would have:provided 500jobs, as theHouse'member, who struggled. withan`associateover.a-briefcase containing:$50,o00 would leak out into:the. press,at any. 1Defenseattorneys.seem sure.totry, moment.Aslongagoaslastfall,it ..The South Carolina Democrat said g use entrapmentlas a defense inany was said,Women'sWear Dailyasked, his:purpose.in'attending,the meetings cases'that result inindictmeints, and, was.to assist:in geiting,theproject for go to trialBut that defenseworked vestigation and then alocal New Jer, his district. "At'no time, he declared, iseypapercalledaboutanother,.but. "did I'engage in any/improper or ille-- nothing.ever.cameoftheirqueries galactivitles." The bureau decided to,go ahead-and. ."tie up, the loose ends.' Newsday and Jenrette saidghis attorney has ad- visedhim to.saynothingfurtnerin NBC.began asking moredetailed'ques ylew.of the fact that the.FBi.has-ap tionsa few days ago parentlv.relea<ed.aar+.r.