Former Missouri House Speaker Diehl headed to prison for pandemic loan fraud ^0%

St. Louis Public Radio - By Jason Rosenbaum - 3/9/2026, 9:09 PM

A federal judge sentenced former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to 21 months in prison Monday for using pandemic loan money for personal expenses. U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk also fined Diehl $50,000. He pleaded guilty last year to one count of wire fraud for misusing a portion of roughly $400,000 in COVID-19-era business loans.... more