Not unexpectedly, however…
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been convicted on federal corruption charges, ending a legendary Albany power broker’s political career and giving a signal victory to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s campaign to clean up the Capitol.
Manhattan federal court jurors on Monday afternoon found Silver guilty of all counts in the indictment — bribery, extortion and money laundering. Silver, a Democrat who resigned as speaker after his indictment, continued to represent Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood, but automatically lost that post after the conviction. (link)
And…he stayed in office until the he was forced out.
