Ex-lobbyist gets 27-month prison sentence

Washington Post:
"Magliocchetti admitted that he instructed members of his family, friends and lobbyists who worked for him to write checks out of their personal checking accounts to specific candidates for federal office and that Magliocchetti advanced funds to or reimbursed these individuals using personal and corporate funds.

'You knew what you were doing: enhancing the power and prestige of your lobbying organization,' U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Magliocchetti."