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Former GOP Candidate Gets 366 Days In Jail For Lying In Voter Suppression Probe

Ryan J. Reilly | February 14, 2011, 5:45PM

Tan Nguyen puts up a sign during the 2006 campaign.

Former California congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, who was convicted of lying to federal investigators looking into an alleged voter suppression operation back in 2006, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison on Monday.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter also ordered Nguyen to serve six months at a halfway house, according to a Justice Department news release.

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Topics: Justice Department, Tan Nguyen, Voter suppression, voter intimidation

Former House Candidate Convicted Of Lying In Voter Suppression Probe

Rachel Slajda | December 8, 2010, 10:47AM

Tan Nguyen puts up a sign during the 2006 campaign.

Former House candidate Tan Nguyen (R) was convicted yesterday of lying to investigators during a voter suppression probe surrounding an intimidating letter sent to Spanish-speaking voters.

Nguyen, a Republican who challenged Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) in 2006, was convicted of obstruction of justice.

According to prosecutors, Nguyen lied to investigators about his involvement with a mailing, written in Spanish and sent to 14,000 households, that warned that "emigrados" could go to jail for voting. The mailing was written on letterhead similar to that of an anti-immigration group in California.