Sheldon Silver broke out the Passover defense
at his corruption trial Thursday, as his lawyer focused on the shows of friendship — including gifts of handmade matzoh — that the...
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Anthony Bonomo, the head of Physicians Reciprocal Insurers and a prolific political donor, testified
Thursday at the Skelos
corruption trial, noting that less than two weeks after being hired as a program manager for the Long Island - based company, Adam Skelos relayed to his father that his supervisor, Christopher Curcio, was treating him unfairly.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former confidante Joseph Percoco pressed state budget officials in 2015 to free up funds for a project of two Syracuse developers accused of bribing him, according to emails introduced
Thursday at Percoco's
corruption trial in Manhattan federal court.
A longtime friend of state Sen. Dean Skelos testified
at the former majority leader's
corruption trial Thursday that he couldn't fire the powerful politician's son for not showing up to the cushy job he'd arranged because he feared he'd «have a problem in Albany.»
A former Queens city councilman took the stand
at his own
corruption trial Thursday, and tried to play the sympathy card.
State Sen. John Sampson threatened to «take out» cooperators before his 2013 arrest, a witness testified
Thursday at the Brooklyn politician's
corruption trial.
Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN)- Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the John Edwards
corruption trial Thursday, detailing hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses used by his former mistress, whose concealment during Edwards» failed presidential run remains
at the heart of the scandal.
Federal prosecutors in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni filed
Thursday signaled they will present evidence
at the
corruption trial of a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that a Connecticut lobbyist sought an internship for his daughter
at the the energy company linked to the case.
Prosecutors
at the federal
corruption trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on
Thursday displayed an email sent by the witness to a friend.
Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty in March to charges of
corruption, testified
at the bribery
trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, on
Thursday that he «was giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors.»