NEW HAVEN – Lots of politicians tell the press and public the truth, if not always the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But Mark Greenberg, the Republican nominee for the 5th Congressional District, may be the only candidate in this election season to actually talk about his political ambitions under oath. His status as a government witness in a high-profile corruption trial could complicate the final weeks of his third campaign for Congress.
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Greenberg testifies Rowland wanted $720K to advise campaign
Updated: 4:07 p.m.
NEW HAVEN – Mark Greenberg, a Republican seeking the 5th Congressional District seat for the third time in six years, testified Wednesday in U.S. District Court that former Gov. John G. Rowland offered himself as a consultant to his first race on one unusual condition: Rowland wanted to be paid through Greenberg’s animal charity, not his campaign. His pitch: $720,000.
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Feds: Campaign paid Rowland for favorable radio play
What was widely suspected in political circles is now asserted by the U.S. attorney’s office: former Gov. John G. Rowland used the airwaves of Connecticut’s biggest AM radio station to promote a congressional campaign that was secretly paying him.
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Rowland case reassigned to tough sentencing judge
The political corruption case against former Gov. John G. Rowland was reassigned Friday to U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, who last year imposed a series of significant prison sentences on conspirators in a similar case.
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Rowland attacks federal indictment, ‘poisonous’ publicity
Attorneys for John G. Rowland sought the dismissal Tuesday of the criminal indictment accusing the former Republican governor of conspiring to act as a secret paid consultant to the congressional campaign of Lisa Wilson-Foley in 2012. If that fails, they also want a closer examination of prospective jurors to guard against “poisonous” pre-trial publicity.
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As the curtain goes up, Rowland promises a different ending
On Friday, the curtain went up on what John G. Rowland’s lawyer promised will be a show, a story that ends with a trial and a verdict, not a negotiated plea. Rowland pleaded not guilty to a seven-count indictment, and trial was set for June 10.
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Federal grand jury indicts former Gov. John Rowland
A federal grand jury Thursday indicted John G. Rowland on seven counts, accusing the former Republican governor, congressman and conservative radio host of soliciting two congressional campaigns in 2010 and 2012 to secretly pay him as a political consultant.
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Rowland signs off at WTIC-AM, citing ‘some personal issues’
Former Gov. John G. Rowland, who was named Monday as a conspirator in a criminal case involving a friend’s 2012 congressional campaign, abruptly announced his resignation Thursday as a WTIC-AM radio host as his drive-time talk show was ending at 6 p.m.
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Rowland’s on WTIC, but day’s biggest story off limits
Updated 4:05 p.m.: Former Gov. John G. Rowland, identified in federal court Monday as a secret, illegally paid advisor to a congressional candidate, has abused his position as a radio talk show host and should be taken off the air by WTIC AM, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday. Rowland opened his show by placing the story off limits.
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An old FBI agent gets the last word on Rowland, Wilson-Foley
It was April 30, 2012, just minutes before a congressional debate in Torrington. An angry Lisa Wilson-Foley accused Mike Clark of slandering her by questioning former Gov. John G. Rowland’s role in her campaign. “Then the debate started and we never got to complete the conversation,” Clark said Tuesday. “I guess the conversation was completed yesterday in court.”
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Co-conspirators’ guilty pleas make John Rowland a target
Lisa Wilson-Foley and her husband, Brian Foley, pleaded guilty Monday to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from what they said was an effort to conceal $35,000 in payments to former Gov. John G. Rowland for help with Wilson-Foley’s unsuccessful congressional campaign in 2012. Rowland, now a host on WTIC-AM, was identified as a co-conspirator, meaning he’s the target of a federal corruption investigation for the second time in a decade.