MADISON, Wis. -- A judge sentenced former Assembly Majority Leader Steven Foti on Monday to 60 days in jail for his part in the state Capitol corruption scandal.

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Steven Ebert also ordered Foti, R-Oconomowoc, to pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs.

Ebert said that Foti engaged in a "deceitful assault on the people of Wisconsin."

Before the sentence came down, the former republican leader said that he accepted full responsibility and caused embarrassment and humiliation to his family.

The penalties stem from a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge in January in which Foti was accused of hiring Capitol aide Sherry Schultz exclusively to raise money for Republicans between 1998 and 2001.

Ebert imposed a stricter sentence on Foti than his original plea bargain deal with prosecutors. That agreement called for him to spend one month in jail, be on probation for two years and pay back the state for Schultz's salary and benefits. Prosecutors said that amount could be as high as $300,000.

As part of the plea deal, Foit also testified against his former boss, Scott Jensen.

Ebert said that he wasn't satisfied with his testimony, saying that he counted at least five times when Foti was evasive or uncooperative, and that was part of his decision to up the sentence.

"Your demeanor and the content of your testimony, in my opinion, left something to be desired," Ebert said.

Foti said that he thought his testimony served its purpose.

"I said everything honestly and by the book, and I would assume that Jensen's attorney wouldn't have attacked me during closing if he didn't think i had some useful comments," Foti said. Jensen's attorney called Foti pathetic for acccepting the plea agreement.

Foti said that he'll consider appealing the sentence.

Ebert also sentenced Foti to two years of probation and ordered him to serve 240 hours of community service.

In addition, Foti will have to pay back $28,000 in taxpayer-funded legal fees.

Ebert also said Foti will have to pay restitution for Schultz's salary and benefits. The judge will decide the amount later.

Foti now works as a lobbyist at the Capitol. He was the no. 2 man in the Assembly from 1997 to 2004.

Jensen and Schultz will be sentenced on May 16.