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Sheldon Silver, Assembly Speaker, Took Millions in Payoffs, U.S. Says


Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

For years, Mr. Silver has earned a lucrative income outside government, asserting that he was a simple personal injury lawyer who represented ordinary people. But federal prosecutors said his purported law practice was a fiction, one he created to mask about $4 million in payoffs that he carefully and stealthily engineered for over a decade.

Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was accused of steering real estate developers to a law firm that paid him kickbacks. He was also accused of funneling state grants to a doctor who referred asbestos claims to a second law firm that employed Mr. Silver and paid him fees for referring clients.


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[speculawyer]

Corrupt politicians need to go to jail.

And they need to nail some people at those law firms that participated in this.

 

[block tower]

so business as usual.

 

[Schattenjäger]

This is so newsworthy bc everyone knew how dirty he is but never went after him ..

Finally

 

[jackal27]

Corrupt? Politician? New York!? Whoduh thunk.

Put this dude in jail forever.

Spoiler

jk he'll get nothing lol

 

[Booshka]

 

[Chichikov]

Don't be jewish, don't be jewish, don't be... SHIT.

Corrupt politicians need to go to jail.

And they need to nail some people at those law firms that participated in this.

While I agree that those are serious crimes that need to be seriously punished, and under the current system that means jail (and while we're at it, let's end that white collar bullshit, jail is jail), but I still maintain that's an expensive and ineffective way to handle such things.

I floated that idea before (in regards to wall street assholes) - I think these are crimes of greed and should be punished in kind.
Take away their everything, like we do with drug dealers, and on top of that, impose a 100% punitive income tax bracket at the median income level (for as many years as years as we deem justified). I want those greedy fuckers to be average nobodys, I want them to live the rest of their lives like schnooks.

 

[orochi91]

Don't be jewish, don't be jewish, don't be... SHIT.

LOL

 

[Goodstyle]

Wow, he is officially the bad guy in an in episode of a procedural cop drama.

 

[esms]

Don't be jewish, don't be jewish, don't be... SHIT.


While I agree that those are serious crimes that need to be seriously punished, and under the current system that means jail (and while we're at it, let's end that white collar bullshit, jail is jail), but I still maintain that's an expensive and ineffective way to handle such things.

I floated that idea before (in regards to wall street assholes) - I think these are crimes of greed and should be punished in kind.
Take away their everything, like we do with drug dealers, and on top of that, impose a 100% punitive income tax bracket at the median income level (for as many years as years as we deem justified). I want those greedy fuckers to be average nobodys, I want them to live the rest of their lives like schnooks.

 

[JadedWriter]

Why does Shelly Silver being a corrupt politician not surprise me? It's almost like these guys might as well just be clones of each other. They're all the same with different names and hairpieces.

 

[entremet]

This asshole?

Why am I not surprised? He's been a huge pain in the ass for years. Fuck him.

 

[VoxPop]

The UFC can finally come to the Garden. Fuck Silver and the culinary union.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

I feel so safe living in this city. I hope he sees jail time.

 

[Madness]

Most politicians are ridiculously corrupt, even in the West. The difference is, they hide it better than countries like India, Russia, etc.

Remember a few months back, a democratic state senator from California who often railed against guns championed gun control, spoke after Sandy Hook happened, was caught selling guns himself, selling automatic weapons, importing them with the help of the triads etc.

I'm not surprised. Watch as nothing happens except he'll get his buddies to cut a deal, get probation, have to pay some money. I'm glad this asshole isn't around to oppose the UFC anymore. Finally there can be a show at Madison Square Garden.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Great flick.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Don't be jewish, don't be jewish, don't be... SHIT.


While I agree that those are serious crimes that need to be seriously punished, and under the current system that means jail (and while we're at it, let's end that white collar bullshit, jail is jail), but I still maintain that's an expensive and ineffective way to handle such things.

I floated that idea before (in regards to wall street assholes) - I think these are crimes of greed and should be punished in kind.
Take away their everything, like we do with drug dealers, and on top of that, impose a 100% punitive income tax bracket at the median income level (for as many years as years as we deem justified). I want those greedy fuckers to be average nobodys, I want them to live the rest of their lives like schnooks.

Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.