Sentences with phrase «by the elder skelos»

It also flew in the face of repeated predictions by the elder Skelos — including as recently as Wednesday evening — that he and his son would be acquitted of the shakedown scheme.

The men were convicted in December 2015 of extortion and bribery in an alleged scheme by the elder Skelos to use his political influence to steer work and to award a no - show job to his son.

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Martins said that the younger Skelos» attendance prompted a visit from former senator Al D'Amato, whose lobbying firm was retained by PRI in recent years, to the elder Skelos» office.

It's unclear exactly how the no - show job, and the malpractice insurer, fit in to the larger scheme outlined by both Mr. Bharara and in the indictment — which focuses the elder Mr. Skelos directing a real estate development company and environmental technology company to steer business to his son in exchange for favorable treatment in Albany.

During one call, Adam tells his dad to hang up and then accept his FaceTime call, but the elder Skelos seems befuddled by the technology.

The Republican powerhouse and longtime friend of Dean's told jurors that the elder Skelos ignored his warning that Adam was causing a «disruption» by failing to show up for a $ 78,000 - a-year job that his dad strong - armed for him at a malpractice - insurance firm.

The new court papers indicate that the elder Skelos even asked the Nassau County Bar Association about his work at the Long Island firm and whether he could publicly comment on a project sought by a firm client — then brazenly ignored the Bar's answer forbidding him from doing so.

The elder Mr. Skelos responded by telling the CEO to resolve any issues so his son could stay employed, the court document says.

The Skeloses were undone by the perversion of a simple fatherly impulse: There was little that the elder Skelos would not do, or ask, for his son.