WaPo: “John W. Jenrette Jr., a flamboyant congressman who was convicted of taking a $50,000 bribe in the Abscam sting operation of the late 1970s, and who gained further notoriety after his wife told Playboy about a romantic rendezvous they had on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, died March 17. He was 86.
His family announced the death through Goldfinch Funeral Home in Conway, S.C. Additional details were not immediately available.
Mr. Jenrette, a liberal Democrat from South Carolina, was one of seven members of Congress found guilty as a result of Abscam, an elaborate FBI sting operation that involved undercover agents posing as wealthy Arab sheikhs seeking favors for cash.”