The email evidence is considered key to the State Attorney General's case against the former Erie County Democratic chairman, and it was used to help obtain a 2016
indictment against Pigeon and others on corruption charges.
The nine - count
indictment against Pigeon, which was unsealed on Thursday, mirrors Wednesday's complaint against Michalek.
Not exact matches
Thursday's
indictment is the first criminal charge
against Pigeon, who over decades of political activity has been accused of impropriety that he's always been able to blame on some grudge.
Western New York political operative Steve
Pigeon is scheduled to appear in federal court this morning in Buffalo, where the government is expected to unseal an
indictment against him, according to a source.