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My name is Jason McGuire. Some people know me as a lobbyist, a political leader, a pastor, or a friend. To others, I am a son, a brother, a husband, or a father. Today, in the eyes of the state of New York, I am inmate 090198, locked down in Echo Block-4 for 60 hours in the Livingston County Jail. This is my first experience of incarceration.

Why am I here? On the face of things, I am here because I pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors. In filing some campaign finance documents, I left out three transactions, totaling less than $1,300. It was an honest mistake, but I pleaded guilty to avoid having to raise $250,000 to defend myself at trial (my legal defense had already cost $70,000). The real reason I am here, however, is that I got in the crosshairs of Letitia James, the Ne

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