John Dougherty, former IBEW business manager arrives at Federal Court, in Reading, Pa., on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The former Philadelphia labor leader who wielded significant clout in Pennsylvania politics was being sentenced on Thursday for bribing a City Council member and stealing nearly $600,000 from the union he ran for nearly three decades. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
John Dougherty former IBEW business manager arrives at Federal Court, in Reading, Pa., on Thursday, July 11, 2024. A sentencing hearing is under way for the former Philadelphia labor leader who once wielded clout in state and local politics. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Johnny Dougherty former IBEW business manager arrives at Federal Court for his sentencing, in Reading, Pa., Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
FILE - Former Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty talks to the media outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Dec. 7, 2023, after he and a codefendant were convicted of using more than $600,000 in union funds for personal use. Dougherty was being sentenced Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)