Former Fresno Congressman TJ Cox Has Been Sentenced to 1 Year in Federal Prison, His Attorney Says

Former Fresno Congressman, TJ Cox Sentenced to 1 Year in Federal Prison

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Former Valley Congressman TJ Cox is now heading to federal prison for a year and one day. A federal judge sentenced Cox in Fresno late Monday evening after a court hearing that lasted hours. Cox requested probation and home confinement after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud. Court documents reveal Cox created illegal bank accounts over the course of five years before he entered Congress. Prosecutors say he used…

Former Fresno congressman TJ Cox has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, his attorney says

Former Fresno congressman TJ Cox has been sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, his defense attorney Mark Coleman says.

How Did TJ Cox Talk Judge Into One-Year Prison Sentence?

Leading up to the one-year, one-day sentencing of former Congressmember TJ Cox, it appeared Judge Dale A. Drozd would not be lenient. At a two-hour hearing that finally began at 3 p.m. Monday at the Robert E. Coyle U.S. Courthouse in Fresno — scheduled for 10 a.m. but delayed by a crowded docket — Drozd, a 2015 Obama appointee, had little patience for Cox’s excuses. Cox pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud after prosecutors dismissed 26 other c…

Judge sentences TJ Cox to one year in prison

Former Rep. TJ Cox (D–Fresno) will spend a year and one day in prison.  U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd handed down Cox’s sentence on Monday at the Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse in downtown Fresno.  The big picture: Drozd sentenced Cox to 366 days in prison after he previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution.  Cox had asked the court for his sentence to avoid pris…