Lawyers for fallen former state Sen. John Sampson have filed papers to appeal the disgraced pol’s corruption conviction.
Sampson, 51, was sentenced to just five years beh♏ind bar✨s on Jan. 18, following a series of protracted legal proceedings that wound through the justice system for nearly three ꦉyears.
He had faced up to 20 years in prison following his July 2015 conviction💃 on charg🦩es of conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to federal agents.
Sampson skimmed money off foreclosurꦏe d﷽eals while serving as a court-appointed monitor, in addition to taking a $188,500 loan from sketchy local businessman Edul Ahmad to help cover up the scam, prosecutors said.
The disgraced Dem is scheduled to surrender on April 21, and must also pay a $♏75,000 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfine.
At Sampson’s sentencing, defense attorney Nathaniel Akerman asked his client remain out on bail, pending appeal, but that application was denied.
Akerman declined to comment Tuesday.