Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140304:00:50:00
>> there is a new word in the american political vocabulary this morning. the word is abscam. it's an fbi code name for arab scam, a cover for the biggest a. >> "american hustle" is a somewhat fictionalized story behind that real-life fbi sting operation which eventually led to the conviction of six u.s. congressmen, a u.s. senator, the mayor of dam den, new jersey, and three members of the philadelphia city council. the lead character played by christian bale is based on conman turned fbi informant melvin weinberg who had the scheme for politicians accepting money from an fbi agent posing as ...
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