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| Supreme Court will not hear ex-politician Sheldon Silver's appeal |
| 2021-01-26 |
| [NYPOST] The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal by crooked former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is serving a more than six-year federal prison sentence after being convicted on corruption charges. Silver’s Supreme Court appeal was a last-ditch effort by the former Albany powerbroker, who was twice convicted by New York juries on all counts related to kickback schemes he ran while in office. The Lower East Side Democrat was passed over for a pardon by President Trump after several news reports stated Trump was considering the move during his last hours in office. Silver had remained free from prison while waging a years-long battle to overturn his convictions on the corruption charges. In 2017, a New York appeals court fully overturned his first conviction after it ruled the jury had been given improper instructions about the definition of corruption. At his sentencing last year, Silver finally admitted wrongdoing and apologized for using his office to profit financially. "My use of my office for personal gain was improper, selfish and ethically indefensible," he said in Manhattan federal court. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "I got caught. Now let me off the hook..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-01-26 13:27 |