Sentences with phrase «silver during the prosecution»
«This was bribery, this was extortion,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Goldstein told jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Silver during the prosecution's closing arguments.
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Bharara, who was rebuked by a federal judge in April for a «media blitz» following the arrests of Silver and Skelos, maintained a relatively low profile during the prosecution of Silver and Skelos.
On Monday during a conference call about the storm plans, a Cuomo aide interjected when a reporter asked the governor about Bharara's legacy (which includes upending state government through his prosecutions of the former legislative leaders, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver).
The two lawyers had largely disappeared during Mr. Silver's three - week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan; James M. McDonald sat quietly at the end of the prosecution table, while Robert K. Kry, a defense lawyer, did not even show up in court.