Hartford, Conn./WTIC Radio - President Trump has granted former governor and WTIC afternoon host John Rowland a pardon.
Rowland was one of several who received pardons on Wednesday.
A White House official confirmed the pardon but spoke only on background to discuss matters that have not yet been made public.
“I am very humbled and deeply appreciative,” Rowland, 68, said in a statement. “This is a wonderful final resolution.”
He was, at one time, considered a rising star in the Republican party in Connecticut.
Once the nation’s youngest governor, Rowland was elected three times to the state’s highest office before resigning at the age of 47 amid a federal corruption investigation into gifts and favors that he accepted from state contractors and a growing move by state legislators to impeach him from office.
Rowland served 10 months in a federal prison camp after pleading guilty in 2004 to one count of conspiracy to steal honest services.
He made a comeback as an afternoon drive talk show host at WTIC, before he was ensnared in another scandal in 2014.
In that case, Rowland was convicted and sentenced on federal charges stemming from secret payments he received while working as a consultant for a congressional candidate.
Rowland was sentenced to 30 months in prison for that conviction but was released early in 2018.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.