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Ex-NY Senate leader Skelos, son plead not guilty in corruption case
Source: Reuters
US | Mon Jun 1, 2015 12:16pm EDT
Ex-NY Senate leader Skelos, son plead not guilty in corruption case
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges the politician pressured companies doing business with the state to give his son hundreds of thousands of dollars in jobs and commissions.
Skelos, a 67-year-old Republican, and his 32-year-old son, Adam, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Thursday, nearly a month after prosecutors unveiled charges against the Long Island residents.
Lawyers for the two men entered the not guilty pleas at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood. The judge set a July 30 hearing to discuss when a trial could be scheduled.
The case is the latest in a series of corruption prosecutions targeting members of the state legislature in Albany. The former New York State Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, was charged in January with taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
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Ex-NY Senate leader Skelos, son plead not guilty in corruption case
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges the politician pressured companies doing business with the state to give his son hundreds of thousands of dollars in jobs and commissions.
Skelos, a 67-year-old Republican, and his 32-year-old son, Adam, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Thursday, nearly a month after prosecutors unveiled charges against the Long Island residents.
Lawyers for the two men entered the not guilty pleas at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood. The judge set a July 30 hearing to discuss when a trial could be scheduled.
The case is the latest in a series of corruption prosecutions targeting members of the state legislature in Albany. The former New York State Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, was charged in January with taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/01/us-usa-new-york-corruption-idUSKBN0OH2VQ20150601
