In her opening
statements at the corruption trial of Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, prosecutor Tatiana Martins said Skelos started trying to cash in on his role as Senate majority leader even before he officially had the job — and continued brazenly «strong - arming» companies to make payments to his family after he formally got the gig.
Not exact matches
Jurors have been chosen in the public
corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and told to report back
at 9:15 am Tuesday morning for opening
statements.
The IDC, (minus Sen. Tony Avella, who's testifying), issued a
statement in response to questions about a wiretapped conversation played yesterday
at the federal
corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, saying (in part): «We can not speculate on the motives of Sen. Skelos.»
During their opening
statements today in the criminal
corruption trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official
at the center of the case.
«That may make you uncomfortable,» Mr. Silver's defense attorney Steven Molo argued in his opening
statement at his client's ongoing
corruption trial.
Jurors have been chosen in the public
corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and told to report back
at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday morning for opening
statements.
During their opening
statements Tuesday in the criminal
corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official
at the center of the case.
Opening
statements could get underway later Monday
at the
trial, which comes less than two weeks after prosecutors in Manhattan unleashed one of their broadest attacks ever on political
corruption by bringing conspiracy charges against a state senator, a state assemblyman and a city councilman, among others.