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Erie County Councilman Ebert Beeman Fighting To Keep His Seat

Erie county councilman Ebert Beeman, attended his first council meeting Thursday, since his conviction.
Also today, his attorney, filed a motion against the district attorney's request, to have him removed from office.

We were expecting some controversy, with it being Beeman's first meeting since he was convicted to over a year in prison.

But the monthly Erie county council finance meeting late Thursday afternoon at the Erie county courthouse, was  routine.
Council was expected to propose a resolution to remove Beeman from council, following his federal conviction on fraud charges.
But late in the afternoon, they decided since District Attorney Jack Daneri has already begun legal proceedings, it'd be redundant.
Daneri's filed what's called a "quo warrano" action, basically trying to legally get Beeman removed from council.
But today, Beeman's lawyer, Jeff Del Fuoco, filed a response to that request.
"It's clear that this is not a final conviction the matter is now robustly unappealed before the US court of appeals for the 3rd circuit. There are additional matters that Judge McLaughlin has agreed to hear tomorrow, and it's way, way too early to be filing a quo warranto action." Said Del Fuoco.

Del Fuoco is trying to have Beeman's one year jail sentenced delayed. He claims, Beeman has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and attention deficit disorder.
"Mr. Beeman is not a fraudster, he's not a habitual criminal as people have labeled him. And Mr. Beeman has serious issues that rise to the level of protection under the Americans' With Disabilities Act." Del Fuoco said.

The Daneri calls Del Fuoco's claim "frivolous."

Meantime, Friday, a judge is expected to decide on the request to keep Beeman out of jail.

As we've reported, this is all happening as the IRS is getting ready to sell four of Beeman's properties, in Waterford.
That's to pay off millions in back taxes he owes.