Dem political consultant gets 24 years in murder-for-hire plot

A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday.

Sean Caddle, a 45-year-old former Democratic campaign consultant, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder-for-hire in the killing of Michael Galdieri, whose apartment was set on fire after he was fatally stabbed in 2014. …

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And this week, prosecutors finally revealed a motive for the hit: Caddle told prosecutors he wanted him dead because Galdieri was threatening to extort money from him in exchange for not exposing wrongdoing Galdieri claimed Caddle committed through his political consulting business. Just what the wrongdoing might have been or how much money Galdieri allegedly sought has not been made public.

[The judge was apparently unimpressed with Caddle’s cooperation in another case, saying he only wanted to save his own skin. It’s curious that the judge didn’t force Caddle to fully allocute as to the motive after his guilty plea, though. Hmmmmm. — Ed]

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