Ex-lawmaker Viers sentenced to 3 years for money laundering

was once a rising star in the Republican party and was getting noticed by the governor at conservative gatherings is heading to prison for more than three years for money laundering.

Thad Viers’ three-year fall from grace hit a new bottom Tuesday as he was sentenced in federal court in Florence to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay back $875,000.

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