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  "path": "/briefs/federal-prosecutors-seek-2-year-prison-sentence-for-former-missouri-house-speaker-john-diehl/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T16:52:09.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Courts",
    "covid",
    "fraud",
    "Hal Goldsmith",
    "John Diehl"
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  "textContent": "Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his federal COVID relief fraud case, arguing his admitted misuse of nearly $380,000 in pandemic aid “should merit a significant punishment.” In a sentencing memorandum filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, Assistant […]",
  "title": "Federal prosecutors seek 2-year prison sentence for former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl"
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