A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s office was convicted Wednesday on several counts of bribery and extortion surrounding school construction projects.

Kosta Diamantis, 69, was found guilty on all 21 counts he faced, including four counts of extortion and four counts of bribery. The other 13 counts were for lying to investigators.

“It was a clean sweep, I was just hoping it would go the other way,” Diamantis told reporters outside the courthouse.

Diamantis faces a potential sentence of 10 years or more in prison, a fate his lawyer called “catastrophic.” Diamantis plans to appeal the verdict.

While working in the governor’s budget office from 2018 to 2021, Diamantis oversaw school construction projects throughout Connecticut. Investigators laid out evidence that

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