Former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl Jr., right, walks with his attorney John Rogers, left, after pleading guilty to ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., (AP) — A former Missouri House speaker was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty ...

John Diehl used the funds on luxury car payments, country club fees and a retirement plan in which he was the sole participant.

John J. Diehl Jr., 60, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to wire fraud after he admitted to defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration.

A former speaker of the Missouri House is headed to federal prison. John Diehl, 60, was sentenced Monday to nearly two years behind bars for fraudulently obtaining $379,900 in pandemic relief funds ...

John Diehl served in the Missouri House from 2009 through 2015. He resigned in 2015 after being caught sending sexually explicit texts to an intern.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his ...

Former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl, who pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud, is asking a federal judge for leniency as he faces the possibility of years behind bars. Diehl admitted in ...

A former speaker of the Missouri House pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to pandemic loan fraud. John Diehl admitted that over the course of two years, he received $380,000 in Economic ...

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his ...

Former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Monday after pleading guilty last year to misusing federal loans meant to help businesses withstand the COVID-19 ...