Sal DiMasi
On the record
DiMasi joined Cognos as a paid 'consultant' (via Joseph Lally bundled) while still MA House Speaker — collecting $57,500 in kickbacks for steering $13M state IT contract; basis of 2011 federal honest-services-fraud + extortion conviction (8-year sentence). Consults for outside software interests with state business was the conviction's predicate. Convicted 2011 on corruption (8 yrs); released 2016 due to cancer
SEVERITY · FELONY · CRIMES · bribery, extortion, fraud
Background
Between 2004 and 2009, Sal DiMasi held the Speaker · House seat in Massachusetts, a 5-year tenure. Took office after Tom Finneran; succeeded by Robert DeLeo. Press-relevant: Convicted 2011 on corruption (8 yrs); released 2016 due to cancer. Same-year political environment (2004): Governor Mitt Romney; Attorney General Tom Reilly; Secretary of State William Galvin.
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Others who held this office in Massachusetts
- Ron Mariano (2020-present)
- Robert DeLeo (2009-2020)
- Tom Finneran (1996-2004)