Former US Rep. John Jenrette, Jailed in Abscam Scandal, Dies at 86

Rep. John Jenrette (D-S.C.) (R), accompanied by his lawyer Kenneth Robinson, walk outside the house Ethics Committee room in Washington on Dec. 10, 1980. John Duricka/AP Photo

CONWAY, S.C.—Former U.S. Rep. John Jenrette, who was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s, has died. He was 86.

Jenrette, who had been in declining health, died Friday, according to his obituary from Goldfinch Funeral Home in Conway, South Carolina.