Washington (CNN) A federal judge sentenced former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James Wolfe to two months prison Thursday, following a guilty plea in October for lying to the FBI about media contacts.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson also fined Wolfe $7,500. She is allowing him to self-surrender to prison and will recommend minimum security in Cumberland, Maryland.

"It saddens me to stand here before you today. ... I'm not sure it's possible to feel any lower than I do right at this moment," Wolfe said in court before he was sentenced. "I am sorry. I am beyond embarrassed. I am beyond humiliated. I am beyond mortified."

Jackson rebuffed a request from prosecutors for an expansive sentence but ultimately agreed some prison time was necessary both as a punishment for Wolfe and a "deterrence" factor.

"There is no question that you have committed a serious crime," Jackson said.

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