Sentences with phrase «count as bribery»
Last month, the US Supreme Court vacated McDonnell's corruption conviction and ruled that gifts to public officials must result in «official acts,» like legislation, to count as bribery.
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Unfortunately for de Blasio, Silver is embroiled in a bribery and kickback scandal as he now faces five counts of corruption and fraud.
Federal officials today released an 11 - count superseding indictment of Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland, along with those in what law enforcement has described as «broad - based bribery ring.»
Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos has been charged with six counts of corruption in an alleged extortion and bribery scheme, but so far is remaining as Senate Leader.
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.
Joseph Percoco, who served as the insider among insiders to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was convicted today of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention before Cuomo's administration in return for more a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.
It charges Mangano and Venditto with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and honest services fraud, as well as the related substantive counts, and charges Mangano with extortion.
According to the criminal complaint filed by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, Halloran envisioned himself as the deputy police commissioner or deputy mayor in Smith's administration, and the councilman was charged with corruption, bribery and several counts of fraud.
UPDATE: As per NY1, which was in the courtroom this afternoon... Kruger pleaded guilty to four of the five counts against him, crying while he admitted to bribery and mail fraud.