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NEW YORK --A jury found former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver guilty on all counts in his corruption retrial. Prosecutors say Silver took $4 million in payoffs disguised as legal fees, with Silver s lawyer arguing there was no crime, calling the fees comm stanley drinking cup on, standa water bottle stanley rd and accepted. Lawyersmade their closing argumentsThursday and jurors deliberated less than an hour over his mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion charges.Silver s 2015 conviction was overturned on appeal after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowed the definition of a corrupt act. Prosecutors say the 74-year-old Silver earned $4 million illegally in fees for his work on behalf of a cancer researcher and real estate developers who stood to benefit from his clout as one of the three most powerful politicians in New York state government. They say he made another $1 million investing the money.Silver was first elected to the Assembly in 1976 and eventually became one of the three most powerful politicians in the state, playing a pivotal role in deciding what legislation made it to a vote, CBS New York reports. Before he was charged in 2015, Silver was considered one of Albany s three men in a room, along with former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Skelos was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2015, although his conviction wa stanley botella s overturned in 2017. More from CBS News Nutl Lawmakers: We didn t interpret Obamacare as lawsuit claims
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster CBS News Hanover, N.H. -- Vice President Joe Biden got emotional today in his first remarks on the controversy surrounding Republican nominee Mitt Romney s suggestion at a spr stanley quencher ing fundraiser that 47 percent of Americans are victims who want government handouts. He thinks these folks believe they re entitled. That they ve become dependent, they see themselves as victims who won t take responsibility for their own lives, Biden said to more than 1,000 students at Dartmouth College. How could he be so profoundly wrong about America How is that possible No stanley water jug t in my neighborhood! Not where I grew up! Not the people I know! The vice president went on to ridicule Romney s remarks as out of touch. Based on everything he s done in his career, I believe he genuinely believes that nearly half this country is made up of people who see themselves as victims who in fact are dependent on government, B stanley cup iden said. As my dad would say, I don t expect the government to solve my problems, Biden said. But at least it s got to understand my problems, just understand them. Biden gave some examples of the types of people he said Romney was including in the 47 percent: An elderly widow living on Social Security and Medicare which she worked for her whole life to earn, a war veteran in his 60s who is treated at a Naval hospital, a young veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who is in school on t
NEW YORK --A jury found former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver guilty on all counts in his corruption retrial. Prosecutors say Silver took $4 million in payoffs disguised as legal fees, with Silver s lawyer arguing there was no crime, calling the fees comm stanley drinking cup on, standa water bottle stanley rd and accepted. Lawyersmade their closing argumentsThursday and jurors deliberated less than an hour over his mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion charges.Silver s 2015 conviction was overturned on appeal after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowed the definition of a corrupt act. Prosecutors say the 74-year-old Silver earned $4 million illegally in fees for his work on behalf of a cancer researcher and real estate developers who stood to benefit from his clout as one of the three most powerful politicians in New York state government. They say he made another $1 million investing the money.Silver was first elected to the Assembly in 1976 and eventually became one of the three most powerful politicians in the state, playing a pivotal role in deciding what legislation made it to a vote, CBS New York reports. Before he was charged in 2015, Silver was considered one of Albany s three men in a room, along with former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Skelos was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2015, although his conviction wa stanley botella s overturned in 2017. More from CBS News Nutl Lawmakers: We didn t interpret Obamacare as lawsuit claims
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster CBS News Hanover, N.H. -- Vice President Joe Biden got emotional today in his first remarks on the controversy surrounding Republican nominee Mitt Romney s suggestion at a spr stanley quencher ing fundraiser that 47 percent of Americans are victims who want government handouts. He thinks these folks believe they re entitled. That they ve become dependent, they see themselves as victims who won t take responsibility for their own lives, Biden said to more than 1,000 students at Dartmouth College. How could he be so profoundly wrong about America How is that possible No stanley water jug t in my neighborhood! Not where I grew up! Not the people I know! The vice president went on to ridicule Romney s remarks as out of touch. Based on everything he s done in his career, I believe he genuinely believes that nearly half this country is made up of people who see themselves as victims who in fact are dependent on government, B stanley cup iden said. As my dad would say, I don t expect the government to solve my problems, Biden said. But at least it s got to understand my problems, just understand them. Biden gave some examples of the types of people he said Romney was including in the 47 percent: An elderly widow living on Social Security and Medicare which she worked for her whole life to earn, a war veteran in his 60s who is treated at a Naval hospital, a young veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who is in school on t
