Ex-Connecticut governor asks court to overturn conviction

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Ex-Connecticut governor asks court to overturn conviction

Jake Pearson, Associated Press

Updated 4:51 pm, Friday, March 18, 2016



NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland asked a federal appeals court Friday to overturn his client's corruption conviction, arguing the government too broadly applied a federal law.

But a government lawyer told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City that the conviction should stand, claiming prosecutors rightly charged the Republican with falsifying documents to hide political work he did in two congressional campaigns.

Rowland was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison last year for allegedly conspiring to disguise work he did on a failed 2012 congressional campaign and a 2010 campaign. This is the second political conviction case for Rowland, who in 2004 resigned amid a corruption scandal, eventually serving 10 months in prison for taking illegal gifts.

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Rowland's attorney, Andrew Fish, was questioned repeatedly by judges to justify why a federal statute designed to prevent falsifying documents to cover-up wrongdoing shouldn't apply to a 2009 contract for services between Rowland and a 2010 candidate for Congress named Mark Greenberg.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Convicted-ex-Conn-governor-asks-US-appeals-court-6921884.php

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Governor Don Seigelman needs his charge and sentence to be overturned. He committed no crime.

[CTyankee]

2. so glad we got rid of him. He was a disgrace. I love Gov. Dan Malloy!