Ex-N.Y. state Senate leader gets prison in federal corruption case

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Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced on Wednesday to four years and three months in prison on federal corruption charges, including soliciting bribes and defrauding the public.

The 70-year-old Republican was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in federal court in Manhattan. A jury found him guilty in July.

“I truly am remorseful for my actions,” Skelos said at the hearing before being sentenced on Wednesday.

The sentence was lighter than the five years Wood imposed in 2016 when he was convicted on the same charges. That conviction was overturned.

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POLITICS OCTOBER 24, 2018 / 12:52 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Brendan Pierson
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-corruption-skelos/ex-n-y-state-senate-leader-gets-prison-in-federal-corruption-case-idUSKCN1MY2EG

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1. "I truly am only remorseful over getting caught" is what he actually meant.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The former mayor of Allentown PA

a Democrat, got 15 years. They said he wasn't apologetic. I think his lawyer said something like he thought an apology would be hypocritical. And his record is generally considered to be one of reviving the city.