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Lisa Wilson-Foley to Serve Five Months in Prison for Campaign Scheme

Lisa Wilson-Foley.
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Lisa Wilson-Foley.

Former Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley will serve five months in prison for her role in a campaign consulting scandal involving former Governor John Rowland.

According to reports from inside the federal courtroom in New Haven, Judge Janet Bond Arterton disputed Wilson-Foley's claim that she was a "minor player" in the crime.

Wilson-Foley's sentence was ten months in prison, but will be suspended after the first five months.

Wilson-Foley and her husband, Brian Foley, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make illegal campaign contributions. Prosecutors say the couple created a sham contract between Foley's nursing home company and Rowland to hide the $35,000 they paid the former Republican governor for help on Wilson-Foley's failed 2012 campaign for the Fifth Congressional District seat.

Authorities said the couple hid Rowland's role because of his corruption conviction a decade ago.

Rowland was sentenced to 30 months in prison last week. Foley is serving three months of probation. Prosecutors wanted 10 months in prison for Wilson-Foley.

Tweets from the New Haven federal courthouse are below:

This report includes information from The Associated Press.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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