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Powerful New York state senator convicted of lying to FBI agents
Source: Reuters
Politics | Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:47pm EDT
Powerful New York state senator convicted of lying to FBI agents
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A powerful New York state senator was convicted on Wednesday of lying to FBI agents during a public corruption investigation, federal prosecutors said.
Thomas Libous, a Republican and the second highest-ranking state senator, had been charged with one count of making false statements by the office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which has pursued a sweeping campaign against public corruption in Albany, the state capital.
Earlier this year, Bharara indicted the leaders of both legislative houses, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who subsequently stepped down from their posts but refused to resign their seats.
A jury convicted Libous, the state Senate's deputy majority leader, on its first day of deliberations following a weeklong trial in White Plains, New York. He faces up to five years in prison.
"Public corruption is a scourge," Bharara said in a statement. "But lies to law enforcement make the job of fighting corruption doubly difficult."
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Powerful New York state senator convicted of lying to FBI agents
NEW YORK | BY JOSEPH AX
A powerful New York state senator was convicted on Wednesday of lying to FBI agents during a public corruption investigation, federal prosecutors said.
Thomas Libous, a Republican and the second highest-ranking state senator, had been charged with one count of making false statements by the office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which has pursued a sweeping campaign against public corruption in Albany, the state capital.
Earlier this year, Bharara indicted the leaders of both legislative houses, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who subsequently stepped down from their posts but refused to resign their seats.
A jury convicted Libous, the state Senate's deputy majority leader, on its first day of deliberations following a weeklong trial in White Plains, New York. He faces up to five years in prison.
"Public corruption is a scourge," Bharara said in a statement. "But lies to law enforcement make the job of fighting corruption doubly difficult."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/22/us-usa-new-york-corruption-idUSKCN0PW2CX20150722
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