Haven't seen this posted here before but then I don't have the time to read every loaf. Admittedly an older story but it doesn't hurt to remind people what a con and fraud Sharpton is. Reverend of what, the Shakedown $ Church of Sharpton?
From the New York Post
Sharpton turned mob rat to dodge drug sting: report
By Kevin Fasick, Bruce Golding and Geoff Earle
The Rev. Al Sharpton may claim he wore a wire for the feds because he had been threatened by the mob — but a new report says he turned rat to save himself after a federal drug sting.
The FBI “flipped” the bombastic reverend after agents confronted him with a surveillance video showing him discussing cocaine with an undercover agent, The Smoking Gun Web site said Wednesday.
During that March 1983 conversation, Sharpton wore a cowboy-like hat that was garish even by the rabble-rousing preacher’s 1980s standards.
He later showed up at a Manhattan apartment for another meeting that June with the agent, who was posing as a “former South American drug lord seeking to launder money through boxing promotions,” the report said.
Instead, Sharpton was met by G-men who were not undercover — and who showed him the “drug” video, the Web site said, citing a source familiar with Sharpton’s secret FBI file.
“The panicked reverend agreed — on the spot — to cooperate with federal agents,” The Smoking Gun said.
Full Article/Sauce: https://nypost.com/2014/04/09/sharpton-at-annual-nan-meeting-amid-mob-rat-revelations/