[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 23 (Monday, March 7, 1994)]
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           KEY DOCUMENTS PROVE INNOCENCE OF JOSEPH OCCHIPINTI

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                      HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR.

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 7, 1994

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, as part of my continuing efforts to bring 
to light all the facts in the case of former Immigration and 
Naturalization Service agent Joseph Occhipinti, I submit into the 
Record a copy of a letter that was written by John McAllister of the 
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in New York City to Staten 
Island, NY, Borough president, Guy Molinari, regarding a key witness in 
the Federal Government's case against Mr. Occhipinti:
                                              Organized Crime Drug


                                       Enforcement Task Force,

                                                     New York, NY.
     Mr. Molinari,
     Staten Island Borough President, Borough Hall, Staten Island, 
         NY.
       Dear Sir: As per our telephone conversation, these are the 
     facts as I remember them pertaining to the conversations that 
     I had with Special Agent Wai Ng and AUSA Steven Standeford 
     concerning an incident at a Chinese massage parlor. I am not 
     sure when this incident is supposed to have occurred, but it 
     is my understanding that it was when S/A Wai Ng worked for me 
     in the Special Operations section of investigations. But by 
     the time that I received his phone call Ng no longer worked 
     in my unit.
       As I recall, I received a telephone call from S/A Ng 
     sometime in mid June 1991. As soon as I answered the phone Ng 
     said ``I'' know that you don't remember, I know you don't 
     remember, I know you don't remember but I told you about the 
     incident that occurred during an investigation at a Chinese 
     massage parlor with Occhipinti''.
       Ng went on to say ``At one point during the raid Occhipinti 
     wanted me to translate what he was saying to the madam of the 
     parlor. Joe Occhipinti told me to tell the madam that if she 
     did not allow us to search the parlor he would have Stafford 
     Williams rape her''. Ng said that he did not tell the woman 
     what Occhipinti had said.
       At this point in the telephone conversation I told Ng that 
     he had never told me this story before, that this was the 
     first time that I had ever heard of this happening. Ng stated 
     again ``I know that you don't remember but I told you about 
     this''.
       Ng then told me that he had already testified in court that 
     he has told me of the incident before.
       I told Ng that if he had ever told me that story before, 
     not only would I remember it, but that I would have had a few 
     very strong words with both Joe Occhipinnti and Stafford 
     Williams.
       The next day I had a conversation with AUSA Steven 
     Standeford and I told him that I had spoken to Agent Ng, that 
     Ng kept repeating that ``I know you don't remember''. I also 
     told Standeford that if I were called to testify that I would 
     state in no uncertain terms that S/A Ng had never told me 
     this story at any time in the past. And that if he had told 
     me this story before it was not something that I would soon 
     forget.
                                                  John McAllistar,
     Assistant Director.

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