Sentences with phrase «corruption charges against assemblyman»

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The trial is the first growing out of a corruption scandal that rocked Albany in April when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced charges against Mr. Stevenson and said that another Democratic assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, had resigned and was cooperating with the government.

After describing the charges against the legislators as well as a prominent lobbyist and hospital executives, Bharara inventoried other recent corruption cases — against Assemblymen Tony Seminerio and Brian McLaughlin, Queens Democrats, and Sen. Vincent Leibell, R - Putnam County.

Jacobs promised to prove charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes with videos, audio and emails, along with the testimony of a former assemblyman who collected evidence against Stevenson to try to earn a reduced sentence for his own plea to public corruption charges.

The government wrapped up nearly three weeks of testimony and evidence in its corruption case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, resting its case after calling two witnesses who testified in support of the money - laundering charges against the assemblyman.

The trial is the first growing out of a corruption scandal that rocked Albany in April when US Attorney Preet Bharara announced charges against Stevenson and said that another Democratic assemblyman, Nelson Castro, had resigned and was cooperating with the government.

The trial began less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.

Opening statements could get underway later Monday at the trial, which comes less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.