Adam Taff hesitated, drew a few breaths, glanced at the paper in his hands and began reading aloud what was, in effect, the obituary for a once-promising political career. “I know what I did was wrong,” the former Kansas congressional candidate said Monday at sentencing in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan. Shortly thereafter, U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum sentenced Taff to 15 months in prison, saying that he had “debased the public’s trust.” Taff, 40, and Myers, 51, pleaded guilty in November to one count each of wire fraud that occurred when Myers sold Taff his house in Lake Quivira for $1.2 million. Taff also pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act by misusing election money to obtain a mortgage loan for the home. Lungstrum said that when the charges were first filed, he assumed that Taff had made a spur-of-the-moment error. But that was not the case. Lungstrum said Taff had planned to be dishonest from the beginning, going so far as to disregard his campaign manager’s warnings about personal use of campaign money. Taff’s campaign manager resigned after discovering what he had done.
Originally posted by Stringer I had this guy's campaign placards in my yard during the election. I feel bad for his family.From the KC Star:
Originally posted by outbreak Thats why i live in missouri, Damn dirty Kansas Politicts
