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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The arrest of a powerful New York lawmaker on federal corruption charges threw one of America's most powerful statehouses into disarray, destabilizing the state's Senate while complicating an already contentious legislative agenda.
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Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.
Then again, the ValleyCats» stadium is named after former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who was welcomed back to throw out the first pitch for the home opener three weeks ago — which was six weeks after his reindictment on federal corruption charges.
But things may feel a bit different in this week's retrial of Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker, whose conviction on federal corruption charges was thrown out last year.
(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.
Attorneys for Sheldon Silver have asked a federal judge to throw out corruption charges against the former Assembly speaker, citing the Supreme Court case that invalidated the convictions of Silver's old counterpart in Albany, former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno.
A federal judge today rejected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's request that she throw out the corruption charges against him — but chastised U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the «media blitz» he conducted in the days and weeks following Mr. Silver's arrest in January.
The lawyer for indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) wants to know if prospective jurors may be swayed by the high - profile nature of his client's federal corruption trial when it kicks off in less than two months now that the presiding judge has refused to throw out the charges.
As reported by the New York Times, Sheldon Silver, former Democratic speaker of the New York State Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges on Friday, May 11, 2018, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction was thrown out.