WASHINGTON (AP) — Former District of Columbia Councilmember Michael Brown has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for taking more than $50,000 in bribes in an undercover FBI sting.
The 39-month sentence Thursday from a federal judge in Washington nearly matched prosecutors’ request for a 43-month prison term.
Brown’s lawyers had sought a more lenient sentence.
Brown admitted taking bribes from a man he thought was a businessman seeking preferential treatment on government contracts. The businessman turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
Brown apologized and said he should have resisted the District’s culture of corruption.
