Ex-NY state senate leader, son fail to dismiss corruption case

Source: Reuters

POLITICS JUNE 11, 2018 / 9:36 AM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has refused to dismiss the corruption indictment of Dean Skelos, the former majority leader of the New York State Senate, and his son Adam, clearing the way for a trial.

In a decision made public on Monday, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan rejected claims that the indictment should be dismissed because prosecutors did not allege that Dean Skelos agreed to act on any specific official matter while arranging payments for his son.

Lawyers for the defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Skeloses were convicted in December 2015, but had their convictions overturned last September after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the definition of corruption.

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