A former Maryland lobbyist was sentenced to four months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to bribing elected officials in exchange for actions that would benefit his clients.
Matthew Gorman, 44, is the last of eight people to be sentenced in the wide-reaching corruption scheme that federal investigators called “Operation Dry Saloon.” The case involved liquor store owners, lobbyists, former liquor board commissioners and elected officials who paid legislators cash to pass legislation that would lift the ban on Sunday liquor sales in Prince George’s County.
Gorman was a lawyer and lobbyist representing liquor store owners Young Paig and Shin Ja Lee, who funded the payments to then-state legislators William A. Campos and Michael L. Vaughn in exchange for official acts that would advance the legislation. Gorman wrote the initial draft of the Sunday sales bill and made $75,000 in the bribery scheme.
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