And like Silver, he was brought down by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's
campaign against public corruption.
The conviction of Mr. Silver, 72, served as a capstone to
a campaign against public corruption by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, which has led to more than a dozen state lawmakers» being convicted or pleading guilty.
Not exact matches
Former Attorney General and avowed critique of the John Mahama administration Martin Alamisi Amidu has confessed that his anti-
corruption campaign against John Dramani Mahama and his appointees were based on mere
public perception.
In response to the recent
corruption cases
against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the
corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent
campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on
campaign spending and donations.
G. Steven Pigeon is questioning the independence of a veteran judge, the latest chapter in a
campaign to discredit the
public corruption case
against him.
Mr. Bharara has been waging a
public campaign against corruption in Albany, and his efforts appear to have gained momentum since his office took over the files of the Moreland Commission, an anticorruption panel that Mr. Cuomo created in 2013 and then shut down last year.
More substantively, Bawumia has been the NPP
campaign's leading voice on the economy, economic policy, and
public finance and has also led the charge
against the project - related
corruption and cronyism in the Mahama administration.