Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Gets 12-Year Prison Sentence

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/n...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Mr. Silver was convicted on Nov. 30 of charges that included honest services fraud, money laundering and extortion. Upon his conviction, he forfeited his Assembly seat. Two weeks later, Dean G. Skelos, who as majority leader had been Mr. Silver’s Republican counterpart in the State Senate, was also convicted of corruption.

Mr. Skelos is to be sentenced on May 12; a week later, John L. Sampson, a former leader of the Senate Democrats, will face his own sentencing. The scrutiny continues: Several inquiries are now focused on possible wrongdoing connected to the administrations of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats.

Thoughts are?
Perhaps a very large staff and an Independent Prosecutor with a wide range/scope to investigate. GJ style.
Now I hope they go after those that offered bribes, or perhaps they received immunity.
Could be a lot more vacancies in Albany, with a corresponding increase in the prison population.

Feds Close Investigation Of Cuomo For Killing Anti-Corruption Commission: Gothamist

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has announced he is closing his office's investigation of Governor Cuomo over his early shuttering of the anti-corruption Moreland Commission as it zeroed in on shady dealings involving him and his allies. Bharara wrote in a statement:

"After a thorough investigation of interference with the operation of the Moreland Commission and its premature closing, this office has concluded that, absent any additional proof that may develop, there is insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime."

The Moreland Commission, if you'll recall, was created in the summer of 2013 by Cuomo, who pledged at the time, "Anything they want to look at, they can look at—me, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the comptroller, any senator, any assemblyman."

 

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Thoughts are?
Perhaps a very large staff and an Independent Prosecutor with a wide range/scope to investigate. GJ style.
Now I hope they go after those that offered bribes, or perhaps they received immunity.
Could be a lot more vacancies in Albany, with a corresponding increase in the prison population.

Feds Close Investigation Of Cuomo For Killing Anti-Corruption Commission: Gothamist

Good. Root it all out and send all attached to it to prison.

 

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No way...it must be a mistake....a liberal democrat getting convicted of corruption...Hillary, beware, you may be next.

 

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No way...it must be a mistake....a liberal democrat getting convicted of corruption...Hillary, beware, you may be next.

Both parties looked the other way. This is not one party corruption.