A New Haven federal jury on Friday afternoon found former Republican Gov. John G. Rowland guilty on all seven charges related to a campaign finance conspiracy, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Rowland, who will be sentenced Dec. 12, faces a maximum of 57 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, which collaborated with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in its investigation of Rowland’s scheme.
NBC Connecticut reported that Rowland’s attorney vowed to appeal, following the verdict.
Six of the seven charges related to Rowland’s efforts to hide his involvement in Lisa Wilson-Foley’s 2012 Congressional campaign in the state’s fifth district. He received $35,000 in payment from Wilson-Foley. One charge related to his failed attempts to work for Mark Greenberg in the 2010 election cycle, also in the fifth district.
The charges include two counts of falsification of records in a federal investigation, one count of conspiracy, two counts of causing false statements to be made to the Federal Elections Commission, and two counts of causing illegal campaign contributions.
Rowland was convicted in 2005 on a corruption charge and sentenced to just over a year in prison, plus probation. He had served as governor from 1995 to 2004, and was previously a congressman.
