NEW: Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Rep. Christopher Collins to nearly 5 years in prison for his involvement in an insider trading scheme and for lying to the FBI. He was the first sitting member of Congress to endorse then-candidate Trump in 2016.

NEW: Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Rep. Christopher Collins to nearly 5 years in prison for his involvement in an insider trading scheme and for lying to the FBI.

He was the first sitting member of Congress to endorse then-candidate Trump in 2016.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) January 13, 2020