Former FBI Agent to be Sentenced for Lying at Bulger’s Trial
A former FBI agent faces sentencing for lying during his testimony at the 2013 racketeering trial of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, reports The Boston Globe.
Prosecutors and the defense have have proposed a plea agreement that recommends two years probation for Robert Fitzpatrick, 76, who is suffering from kidney disease, cancer, and diabetes.
“Fitzpatrick, who served as second-in-command of the FBI’s Boston office from 1981 to 1986, pleaded guilty in May to six counts of obstruction of justice and six counts of perjury for testimony that exaggerated his accomplishments and assisted the defense,” reports Shelley Murphy. “It marked a dramatic reversal for Fitzpatrick, who has been an outspoken critic of the FBI’s handling of Bulger since it was publicly revealed in the late 1990s that the gangster was a longtime informant who got away with murder while being protected from prosecution by corrupt agents.”
