Clinton’s ‘Stalwart Voice’ Found Guilty On All Counts In Federal Corruption Case [VIDEO]

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Clinton’s ‘Stalwart Voice’ Found Guilty On All Counts In Federal Corruption Case [VIDEO]

Posted By Steve Guest On 5:45 PM 11/30/2015 In | No Comments

In 2008, Hillary Clinton called Sheldon Silver “a stalwart voice on behalf of the needs of New Yorkers.” But on Monday, the disgraced New York state representative was found guilty in a federal corruption sweep.

The former Speaker of the New York State Assembly was charged with seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering was found guilty on all charges.

In 2000, Silver played a key roll in Clinton’s senatorial campaign where he helped lobby members of the Assembly for their support of Clinton. The New York Times reported that in 2000 Clinton used Silver’s law offices to lobby Assemblyman Dov Hikind in what was described as “an emotional two-hour session.”

In 2013, a New York ethics report criticized Silver for covering up accusations of sexual harassment against Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez.

In Silver’s federal corruption trial, the Feds showed that Silver arranged a scheme where he received $4 million in illegal payments for taking official actions that benefited cancer researcher, Dr. Robert N. Taub, of Columbia University, and two New York real estate development firms.

Evidence pointed that Silver orchestrated the New York State Health Department to grant Dr. Taub $500,000 to study mesothelioma in return for Dr. Taub to refer patients to the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which in turn gave money to Silver.

In 2008, Clinton at the Democratic National Convention New York Delegation Breakfast praised Silver during his introduction for being a “stalwart voice on behalf of the needs of New Yorkers.”

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EMBOLDENED BY SILVER CONVICTION, BHARARA TO INDICT CUOMO JAN 2ND

United States Attorney Preet Bharara feels emboldened, sources say, following the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — on all of seven corruption charges. Despite lacking a “smoking gun” to constitute an explicit quid pro quo, the jury handed Bharara a sweeping win. Such is the public’s appetite for corrupt politicians, observers say.

Three sources are confirming that Bharara intends to indict Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 2nd — along with a half dozen associates and former staffers — on public corruption, racketeering, conspiracy, and honest services fraud.

The Chronicle is unable to confirm widespread rumors that the former staffers are Howard Glaser, Joe Percoco and Larry Schwartz.

Glaser resigned in June of last year as Director of State Operations and was thought to be Cuomo’s top aide. Percoco left a $175,000 job with the Governor on October 25th of this year, and was known as Cuomo’s “political enforcer.”

Schwartz was caught up in the Moreland Commission scandal. He is thought to be guilty of obstruction of justice for actions he took in the hours immediately following Bharara’s confiscation of Moreland Commission documents.

One of the three sources — a longtime Albany insider — says that there are at least three additional targets of the investigation, including Alain Kaloyeros, the head of SUNY Polytech who, at $800,000, is the highest paid state employee.

The other two men are said to be from Buffalo and have been “involved in the Administration’s economic development deals in particularly unseemly ways,” but the source would not elaborate.