# Philadelphia oversight chair accused of selling witness details to suspect

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/woke-philadelphia-police-accountability-chair-sold-name-of-witness-to-serious-crime-to-perpetrator-prosecutors-allege/
- Published: 2026-11-03T00:19:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T00:33:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259157/Philadelphia-police-accountability-witness-crime.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Prosecutors allege Bennett sold witness details for $500.
- The information came from confidential case records.
- Bennett faces four felony charges.

## Summary

Philadelphia prosecutors allege that Hassan Bennett, chair of the city’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission, sold confidential information identifying a witness to Thomas Scott for $500. They say Scott was trying to intimidate the witness in an attempted murder case, raising concerns about the alleged misuse of access by someone appointed to promote public trust and police accountability.

Investigators say Bennett obtained an unredacted arrest report through his job as a bail navigator at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, then shared it and the witness’s name with Scott. Prosecutors cite prison calls, social media activity and digital evidence, and have charged Bennett with four felonies, including witness intimidation, conspiracy and bribery. Bennett was previously convicted of murder but acquitted at a retrial in 2019; the supplied article text ends before giving further details about that case.

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