NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s quest to avoid prison got a boost when a panel of appeals judges heard his appeal Wednesday, questioning whether his actions were crimes or politics as usual. The Democrat ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The former leader of New York’s Assembly can stay out of prison until a judicial panel decides whether he can remain free on bail while he appeals his sentence for public corruption, a federal appeals judge ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver must report to prison as scheduled next month after a judge Monday denied bail pending the appeal of his corruption conviction and seven-year prison term. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor accused New York’s former assembly speaker Monday of taking millions of dollars in legal fees as bribes, while a defense lawyer insisted there was nothing illegal about the transactions. Sheldon Silver, who for ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has refused to toss out the charges facing New York’s former assembly speaker. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni on Tuesday rejected a variety of reasons that lawyers for Sheldon Silver say the indictment should ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Thursday that the retrial of New York’s former assembly speaker will proceed on schedule after his “Hail Mary” appeal to the Supreme Court failed. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni refused to delay ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case rather than go straight to a retrial after appeals judges cleared the way Thursday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court reviewing the case before the once-powerful politician endures a second trial on corruption charges. Attorney Steven Molo notified the ...

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NEW YORK — The corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday by a federal appeals court that found sufficient evidence but flawed jury instructions in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling narrowing the definition of ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Appeals court judges in New York seemed receptive Thursday to arguments that a recent Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s public corruption conviction. But the three-judge 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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NEW YORK — A judge says she plans to unseal redacted versions of documents she kept secret just before the trial of ex-state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for fear they would taint prospective jurors. Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni said ...

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NEW YORK — Jury selection has started in the corruption trial of a former New York Assembly speaker charged with accepting nearly $4 million in payoffs and kickbacks. Federal Judge Valerie Caproni is questioning several dozen prospective jurors individually to ...

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