DemocRAT Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges

[Vigilante]

Next to Cuomo, Silver is the DemocRAT to go to!

NY Times ^
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a case that is likely to throw Albany into disarray. The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013. Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver...

 

[Ernie S.]

He's a Democrat and never ran on family values so it all right. </discussion>

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Fuck Shelly Silver. He's as corrupt as they come.

I hope he goes away for a while.

 

[S.J.]

It figures Andy would shut down the commission to help out his corrupt fellow Democrat. This shit never stops with the Dems, it's just one scandal after the other. Yet, the liberal assholes on this site will circle the wagons in his defense, proving they are as big a POS as he is.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

It figures Andy would shut down the commission to help out his corrupt fellow Democrat. This shit never stops with the Dems, it's just one scandal after the other. Yet, the liberal assholes on this site will circle the wagons in his defense, proving they are as big a POS as he is.

No, Cuomo shut down the commission because they were about to find dirt on him, not on Shelly.

There's no love between those two. Cuomo would have loved to take him down.

 

[S.J.]

It figures Andy would shut down the commission to help out his corrupt fellow Democrat. This shit never stops with the Dems, it's just one scandal after the other. Yet, the liberal assholes on this site will circle the wagons in his defense, proving they are as big a POS as he is.

No, Cuomo shut down the commission because they were about to find dirt on him, not on Shelly.

There's no love between those two. Cuomo would have loved to take him down.

That wouldn't surprise me either.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

New York is essentially controlled by what we refer to as "the three men in a room". The Governor, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader.

Shelly is Cuomo's biggest rival in terms of power in the state.

 

[eagle7_31]

now lets see if rdean and the others take as well as they think they dish it out.


N.Y. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver accused of $4 million bribery and kickback scheme, Dems continue to support him
Silver, who has been one of the most powerful lawmakers in Albany for more than two decades, surrendered to authorities Thursday morning. A five-count federal complaint accuses him of accepting millions from firms seeking his influence in Albany.

 

[Moonglow]

He is sorry and will be giving me the money to hold...

 

[eagle7_31]

He is sorry and will be giving me the money to hold...

He' s sorry alright, sorry he got caught.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

eagle7_31 Please provide a link in your opening post. Thanks

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Leader, Is Arrested on Graft Charges

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, THOMAS KAPLAN and MARC SANTORAJAN. 22, 2015


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Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, left the courthouse on Thursday in Manhattan. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times



The speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday and accused of using the power of his office for more than a decade to secure millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks and then covering up his schemes, according to court documents.

If found guilty, of course, he should get an appropriate jail sentence.

"The board dems were all over Mike Grimm when he got charged"

My question is, why weren't RWs "all over Grimm"?

Corruption should not be a partisan issue.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

There's already a thread on this. Merge incoming.

 

[Syriusly]

Next to Cuomo, Silver is the DemocRAT to go to!

NY Times ^
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a case that is likely to throw Albany into disarray. The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013. Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver...

As a Democrat, presuming he is guilty- I hope he is convicted and gets the maximum sentence.

Like any other corrupt official.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Next to Cuomo, Silver is the DemocRAT to go to!

NY Times ^
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a case that is likely to throw Albany into disarray. The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013. Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver...

You're anti-semitic. You can't stand to see a successful Jew.

 

[Vigilante]

Next to Cuomo, Silver is the DemocRAT to go to!

NY Times ^
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a case that is likely to throw Albany into disarray. The investigation that led to the expected charges against Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who has served as speaker for more than two decades, began after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in March abruptly shut down an anticorruption commission he had created in 2013. Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver...

You're anti-semitic. You can't stand to see a successful Jew.

Yup, that's it, a liberal Democrat who's traded his religion for $4+ MILLION in bribes!