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Former GOP Strategist to spend over two decades in federal prison

Anton Lazzaro.
Anton Lazzaro.
Credit Sherburne County Sheriff's Office

Thirty-two-year-old Anton "Tony" Lazzaro was convicted in March of sex trafficking charges involving five 15- to 16-year-old girls that he paid to have sex with him, and now he has been sentenced to more than two decades in jail.

U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz sentenced Lazzaro to 21 years in prison, which is below the 30-year sentence requested by prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis.


Lazzaro had been a major donor and contributor to the Minnesota Republican Party.

The scandal sent shockwaves through the Minnesota GOP, leading to the downfall of former chairperson Jennifer Carnahan, who had strong ties with Lazarro but denied any knowledge of his crimes.