Former Dallas business consultant gets probation for bribery in John Wiley Price corruption case
Christian Campbell said in a plea agreement that he helped funnel bribes from a political consultant to Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price.
A federal jury said earlier this year that Price did not commit bribery.
Campbell, 47, nevertheless was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months' probation for a bribery charge, a felony, and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine.
He is in the unusual position of being the only one directly linked to the alleged bribery conspiracy to be convicted and punished. That was not lost on the judge.
"Mr. Campbell, this is an odd circumstance," U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn said during the brief sentencing hearing.
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