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Second state senator this week found guilty of corruption ( New York )
ap ^ | 07/24/2015

Posted on 07/24/2015 5:01:07 PM PDT by george76

New York state Sen. John Sampson was found guilty of obstruction of justice. Like Tom Libous, he will lose his senate seat. A New York state senator has been convicted on federal charges he sought to sabotage an investigation targeting him for embezzlement.

A Brooklyn jury reached the verdict Friday in the corruption case against Sen. John Sampson.

(Excerpt) Read more at crainsnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: embezzlement; johnsampson; libous; sampson; tomlibous

1 posted on 07/24/2015 5:01:07 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Since party affiliation isn’t mentioned in the headline or lede, may I assume?...


2 posted on 07/24/2015 5:02:36 PM PDT by null and void (If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
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Since party affiliation isn’t mentioned in the headline or lede, may I assume?...

Yes I'm afraid he is probably Amish...

3 posted on 07/24/2015 5:04:44 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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He’s Democrat, and black. Libous is a Republican and white.


4 posted on 07/24/2015 5:07:28 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Sampson AA Dem , Libous GOP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Libous


5 posted on 07/24/2015 5:07:30 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
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To: null and void
Since party affiliation isn’t mentioned in the headline or lede, may I assume?...

Third paragraph in the New York Times story ...
Mr. Sampson, who previously served as the Democratic leader in the Senate, was also found guilty on two charges of making false statements. The jury in Federal District Court in Brooklyn delivered its verdict after six days of deliberations.

A previous story about a fellow NY State Senator had the identification in the second paragraph of the NYT report ...
Mr. Libous, 62, who was the second-highest-ranking Republican senator and represented a district that includes Binghamton, forfeited his Senate seat as a result of his conviction. He will be sentenced on Oct. 30 and faces up to five years in prison.

6 posted on 07/24/2015 5:12:51 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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Did either one of these “lawmakers vote for the SAFE act?


7 posted on 07/24/2015 7:10:52 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (Just scream and leap.)
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Libous has trumped up petty charges relative to all the other crap going on....something about his son getting a state job and Libous “lied” to the FBI....


8 posted on 07/24/2015 10:34:00 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

He died yesterday at 63 years old.


9 posted on 05/04/2016 5:45:36 AM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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