trict celebrated for taking on corrupt and powerful politicians. Bharara prosecuted two of the infamous “three men in a room” who ran New York state: Sheldon Silver, the Democratic speaker of the assembly and Dean Skelos, the Republican Senate majority leader. He won convictions of a startling array of local pol

fee to help them obtain gun licenses by bribing the officers, including a former Assistant District Attorney. • In May 2018, prosecutors convicted Sheldon Silver. the former speaker of the New York State Assembly, following a two-week fury trial on charges of wire fraud. mail fraud, extortion under color of

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ad full article » Feds Fire Back At Sheldon Silver's Post-Conviction Bail Bid Federal prosecutors on Thursday rejected as "baseless" a request by Sheldon Silver to stay free while appealing his conviction and seven-year sentence for political corruption, telling a Manhattan federal judge that the jury that

mian Williams is a veteran SDNY prosecutor who heads the district's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. He prosecuted former politicians Sheldon Silver and Chris Collins in recent years, and is widely regarded as a steadying presence inside the halls at 1 St. Andrew's Plaza. Williams, who would b

amian Williams is a veteran SDNY prosecutor who heads the district's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. He prosecuted former politicians Sheldon Silver and Chris Collins in recent years, and is widely regarded as a steadying presence inside the halls at 1 St. Andrew's Plaza. Williams, who would b