Sentences with phrase «of unrelated corruption charges»
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They also say the indictment crafted by Bharara created a phony aura of corruption by pooling unrelated charges and defendants into one large case.
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Then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is now on trial on unrelated corruption charges, was skewered for his handling of the case.
On Wednesday, Spota and Christopher McPartland, head of the district attorney's political corruption unit, were indicted on unrelated federal charges involving a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.
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.
Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.
Two other former legislative leaders — Republican Sen. Dean Skelos of Long Island and Democratic Assemblyman Sheldon Silver of Manhattan — are on trial for unrelated corruption charges.
During the discovery stage of the civil lawsuit, Antonacci is asking for access to email records about Mahoney supporter Steven Aiello, a Cor Development Co. executive who faces federal corruption charges in an unrelated criminal case.