Former
Connecticut Governor Rowland to be sentenced on Wednesday
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[March 18, 2015]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) - Former
Connecticut Governor John Rowland is due be sentenced on Wednesday for
violating U.S. campaign laws by taking payments from a business owned by
the husband of a candidate he advised.
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Rowland, a Republican, was convicted in September of seven
criminal counts including falsifying records in a federal
investigation, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.
He will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, who
on Monday denied Rowland's request for a new trial. Rowland's
attorneys had argued that prosecutors had failed to turn over key
evidence involving the 2012 congressional campaign of Lisa
Wilson-Foley, who Rowland advised.
Rowland resigned as governor a decade ago after admitting to taking
gifts from people who did business with the state.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Mar/18/images/ads/current/gives_you_more_bch_040314.png) During Rowland's trial, prosecutors argued that he negotiated a ruse
deal to work for a nursing home company owned by Wilson-Foley's
husband, which paid him $35,000 intended to compensate him for
advising the campaign. Prosecutors contended that the ruse was
intended to hide Rowland's involvement in the campaign.
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In addition to advising Wilson-Foley, Rowland had sought to advise
another Republican congressional candidate, Mark Greenberg, who
testified during the trial that he had rejected Rowland's 2010
offer.
Both Wilson-Foley and Greenberg lost their congressional bids.
(Reporting by Richard Weizel; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by
Bill Trott)
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