Another of Youngstown John's Friends is in the News Again

One of John Boccieri's biggest supporters, Rep. John Murtha, is being sued by a Marine that Murtha falsely accused of war crimes. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the story on the lawsuit:

One of the Marines cleared in the killings of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha plans to sue his congressman today for statements he says defamed him and other members of his squad.

Former Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, 24, of Canonsburg, will file a civil lawsuit against U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Johnstown, who was widely quoted two years ago saying that eight Marines carried out a cold-blooded killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town on Nov. 19, 2005.

Charges were later dropped against all but one of the Marines, with a military prosecutor calling allegations against Mr. Sharratt "incredible."

As previously reported here on WMD, Boccieri held a fundraiser for Murtha in August. Along with slandering our troops, Murtha was named one of the Center for Responsible Ethics in Washington's twenty most corrupt members of Congress.

This is also the same Boccieri who said if you attack one veteran, you attack all veterans. Seems that doesn't apply to Boccieri when it benefits him or any of his partisan political friends.

Boccieri hasn't said whether or not he plans to return the money Murtha raised for him.