The liquor executive who illegally funneled campaign contributions to Joe Biden, among others, sobbed in court yesterday, tearfully saying, "I don't want to go to jail."
Christopher Tigani, a Delaware businessman, was sentenced Tuesday to two-years in prison for violating campaign finance laws, according to Delaware Online.
The outlet reports:
Tigani pleaded guilty in federal court last year to illegally channeling contributions through his family liquor business to numerous federal and state political campaigns, including that of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2007.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert F. Kravetz said a prison sentence would not deliver "a knockout punch" to the soft corruption of the "Delaware Way" that blossomed into criminal behavior in Tigani's case. "But it is a start."
At its best, the Delaware Way is meant to convey a civilized, bipartisan approach for finding solutions to the state's business and political problems. At its worst, the Delaware Way has come to mean backroom dealings among the wealthy and politically connected to benefit themselves, not taxpayers.