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

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

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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