Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland to appeal campaign finance conviction

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Source: Reuters

World | Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:09am EDT

Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland to appeal campaign finance conviction

NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND

Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland will urge a U.S. appeals court on Friday to set aside his conviction and 2-1/2-year prison sentence for trying to conceal his involvement in two congressional campaigns.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York is set to hear the appeal of Rowland, who spent 10 months in prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to charges arising from his acceptance of illegal gifts while he was governor.

Rowland, a Republican who resigned as governor in 2004 amid the prior investigation, was charged in a new federal case in 2014 for what prosecutors called a scheme to deceive voters and violate campaign finance laws.

A federal jury in New Haven found him guilty on charges of conspiracy, falsification of records in a federal investigation, causing false statements to be made to the Federal Election Commission, and causing illegal campaign contributions.

Rowland, 58, was sentenced in March 2015 to 2-1/2 years in prison but has been free on bail pending appeal.

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1. The dumb bastard

would have been out of jail by now if he had of just accepted the fact that he's just a dumb bastard that can't help ripping people off.