A North Carolina man who used to work for Al Sharpton has claimed that his former boss met an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer three times. Robert Curington revealed the background to how he says Sharpton fell for the FBI trap in 1983, and claims the preacher was motivated by greed. The 72-year-old, who was convicted of drug charges in the 1970s, made his claims to the New York Post after it was revealed this week that Sharpton had been an FBI informant. Denial: Al Sharpton says allegations that he met an undercover agent to discuss a drug deal three times are unfounded
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Robert Curington alleges his former boss had three meetings with agent
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Sharpton denies claims and says mob threats forced him to turn to FBI
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