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Feb 19, 2008 12:00 pm US/Pacific

Contractor Gets 12 Years For Bribing Congressman

Convicted On 13 Bribery Counts

SAN DIEGO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (File)
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A defense contractor was sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribing a congressman with cash, meals, trips and other gifts in exchange for nearly $90 million in Pentagon work.

Brent Wilkes showed no emotion as U.S. District Judge Larry Burns delivered the sentence Tuesday in San Diego.

A jury convicted the 53-year-old contractor in November on 13 counts of bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud involving former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

Prosecutors said Wilkes lavished Cunningham with more than $700,000 in perks - everything from cash to submachine gun shooting lessons and prostitutes at a Hawaiian resort.