NEW YORK - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver abused his position as one of the most powerful men in state government by giving preferential professional treatment to two women with whom he had extramarital affairs, federal prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.
The government said he used his position as speaker to help one woman who lobbied him on a regular basis and to get a state government job for the other.
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan unsealed the papers Friday. The Democrat’s lawyers and a lawyer for one of the women, who were not identified, had opposed the release.
A day earlier, Silver declined comment as he left a court hearing over the issue. On Friday, his lawyers — Steven Molo and Joel Cohen — released a statement calling the revelations “simply unproven and salacious allegations that have no place in this case or public discussion.”
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7 comments:
Well, what man wouldn't give special treatment to a sexual friend.
Ewwwwww! All sickos. Same as prostitution on both sides.
Just fess up and be done with it.
Obviously he is a D because if it was an R it would have been men.
9:21. Nope...there is sick in both parties.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Obviously he is a D because if it was an R it would have been men.
April 20, 2016 at 9:21 AM
Can you please elaborate? I hope you are not insinuating that Republicans are gay? Have you forgotten which party is fighting to allow strange men to pee in the little girls rooms? Have you forgotten about Jim Ireton?
It is the closeted gay Republicans that are always getting caught in bad situations.
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