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The judge sentenced him to 23 years in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

However, Littlejohn pleaded guilty three years ago and the Biden Justice Department sentenced him to five years in prison.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

McCluskie entered his own guilty plea in the case last November and is scheduled to be sentenced, along with the third lobbyist, in June.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Rutledge was sentenced to six months suspended for two years and banned from keeping firearms for eight years.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

This time they were sentenced to thirty days in the Occoquan Workhouse in rural Virginia.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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