While testifying at
the unrelated corruption trial of former State Sen. Dean Skelos, Walker confirmed he is being investigated by federal prosecutors for what he called «campaign contributions, that contractors received work because of that.»
Harendra Singh dropped the bombshells while testifying at
the unrelated corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, where he's the prosecution's star witness.
Recently, it was leaked that the commission was investigating a complaint about the second most powerful Senator in the Majority Republican conference, Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, over allegations that surfaced in
an unrelated corruption trial.
Not exact matches
Then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is now on
trial on
unrelated corruption charges, was skewered for his handling of the case.
Percoco's
trial is among several scheduled this year over alleged Albany
corruption, including the re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island), who had their
unrelated convictions tossed due to a US Supreme Court ruling that acquitted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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.
His case was closely watched in state and city political circles, given his ties to key officials, including Silver, now on
trial in an
unrelated corruption case.
The claim was first made in an
unrelated federal
corruption trial of a Yonkers city councilwoman during the testimony of disbarred lawyer Anthony Mangone (the testimony can be found here).
Its decision comes after deep - pocketed donor Jona Rechnitz testified in an
unrelated federal
corruption trial that he was able to open doors at City Hall after contributing nearly $ 200,000 to the mayor's political causes.
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.