Sentences with phrase «multi-decade confidante»

Percoco, a multi-decade confidante of the Democratic governor, is on trial in Manhattan on charges that he accepted over $ 300,000 in bribes from three businessmen who had business with the state and could benefit from his influence.

The arrest was an unusual twist in the case against Joseph Percoco, a multi-decade confidante of the Democratic governor, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted over $ 300,000 in bribes from three businessmen who had business with the state and could benefit from his influence.