DOJ pushing for nearly five-year prison sentence for former GOP Rep. Chris Collins

Published January 13, 2020 6:53pm ET



The Justice Department is pushing for former Rep. Chris Collins to be sentenced to almost five years in prison for insider trading and lying to investigators.

In a Monday court filing, federal prosecutors argued that the 69-year-old New York Republican should be sentenced at the “top end” of the 46- to 57-month sentencing guidelines.

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