Sentences with phrase «retry silver»

On Friday a spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney declined to comment, but noted that Kim still plans to retry Silver.

Prosecutors vowed to retry Silver.

Federal prosecutors say they will retry Silver.

Federal prosecutors have said they will seek to retry Silver and Skelos next year, though it's not clear which new charges the former legislative leaders would face.

SDNY will retry Silver.

Not exact matches

Former legislative leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver will be retried later this year, while former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and western New York - area developers will be on trial in the spring.

«As with Sheldon Silver, SDNY will retry Dean and Adam Skelos,» Bharara, who this summer began a podcast, tweeted.

I'm going to personally reach out to them to have them retry Mr. Silver.»

Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the U.S. Attorney's office for New York's Southern District said it will retry the case.

Silver's retrial began last week, and Skelos is scheduled to be retried later this year, both on the narrower theory that official acts must be formal government actions.

The news is significant, not only as it temporarily exonerates Silver — once one of the state's most powerful elected officials — though he can be retried, and the acting U.S. attorney has indicated he will, in fact, seek to take another legal crack at the former Manhattan Democratic lawmaker.

On Friday Silver asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to let the Supreme Court weigh in before the Manhattan U.S. Attorney retries his case.

Lopez was forced from the legislature after the scandal, and Silver lost his seat when he was accused in an unrelated federal corruption case, which is being retried this year.

«As with Sheldon Silver, SDNY will retry Dean and Adam Skelos,» Bharara said in a tweet Tuesday.

As with Sheldon Silver, SDNY will retry Dean and Adam Skelos.

The nation's top court will not hear former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption case, clearing the way for him to be retried on the charges.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim in a statement said Silver will likely be retried on fraud charges.

But I'd say the case against Silver (which prosecutors will retry) and the overturned insider - trading convictions are pretty big cherries.

The government said it would retry the two men, and on Monday, the first of those retrials — Silver's — starts in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who presided over the first trial.

On Friday, Silver asked the appeals court to delay sending the case back to a lower court, where it would be retried, until he gets a shot at asking the US Supreme Court to toss the case on the merits.

In a statement, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, also Bharara's second - in - command before Trump fired him, sounded a confident note: Silver will be retried.

That means no matter how the proposition fares, Skelos will continue to collect a $ 95,832 - a-year pension and Silver his $ 79,224 annual pension even if federal prosecutors successfully retry both men.

Mr. Silver, the once powerful Assembly speaker in New York, is being retried on public corruption charges, after an early conviction was overturned.

Both Skelos and Silver are expected to be retried by federal prosecutors.

Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the U.S. Attorney's office for New York's Southern district says it will retry the case.

Federal prosecutors said they'll retry Sheldon Silver on corruption charges in light of Thursday's bombshell decision to overturn his conviction — and they're confident he'll be found guilty a second time.

Federal prosecutors quickly vowed to retry the case, noting that the appeals court said that the evidence against Mr. Silver was legally sufficient to support a conviction.

I expect Sheldon Silver to be retried and re-convicted,» Bharara tweeted.

But on Twitter, the former top prosecutor said «the evidence was strong» and that he expected Silver «to be retried and re-convicted.»

The disgraced pol from Albany, Sheldon Silver, asked Friday if the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to let the Supreme Court weigh in before the Manhattan U.S. Attorney retries his case.

Acting US Attorney Joon Kim (successor to Preet Bharara, who led the prosecution before being fired by Donald Trump) pledged to retry Sheldon Silver.

Silver's conviction for doing legislative favors in return for legal referral fees and 12 - year prison sentence was reversed because of incorrect jury instructions, but prosecutors from the office of acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim told the judge it is in the «public interest» to retry him quickly.

Silver's attorneys say they are «grateful» for the decision, but the US Attorney's office for New York's Southern District says it will retry the case.