man Stephen Alford was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to wire fraud amid a bizarre plot involving an attempt to shake down the father of Rep. and a pledge to try to secure a presidential pardon.Alford, 62, pleaded guilty fraud in the convoluted scheme last year. According to the indictment, he approached Don Gaetz, the wealthy father of the Trump loyalist lawmaker, after having learned of a Justice Department investigation of alleged sex trafficking. Gaetz has denied wrongdoing and no charges have been filed against him.
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