Too old to make a comeback IF he is imprisoned.
It is surprising that the Obama-Holder Justice Dept. is prosecuting a prominent 'Rat politician on corruption and tax-evasion charges. Although we are led to believe that the New York Southern District US Attorney is the key figure in the prosecution, it is likely that the case against Silver had to be cleared by Holder and Obama. So the question is why would this administration be acting out of character in going after Silver? Did Silver do something for which his fellow Democrats in Washington would seek revenge on him?
Sheldon Silver is like Charles Rangel, HE HAS HIS SEAT FOR AS LONG AS HE WANTS IT.
There’s a saying in Harlem... Charles Rangel could be caught in broad daylight by dozens of witnesses killing an innocent man and he’d still be elected Congressman.
Same is true with Silver. NYC is a lost cause.
Good way to shut people up.....can’t talk about an ongoing case. This isn’t about Obama. It’s about Cuomo.
It’s probably over for old Shelly. There’s plenty of vile, criminal pols who can raise through the ranks to replace him.
In 2003, Silver’s chief counsel, Michael Boxley, was charged with rape and marched out of Assembly offices in handcuffs. Boxley was later convicted. More below.
Although then-DA Paul Clyne was a fellow Democrat, Silver was furious at being embarrassed. “He was fuming,” one Albany vet says, “and swore he would get a DA in there that he could control and who would never embarrass him.”
Silver found his candidate for the 2004 election, little-known latino lawyer, David Soares (is he here legally?); Silver engineered the support of uber-liberal Working Families Party, a union front group which went to work for Soares.
Against heavy odds, Soares triumphed in the primary and general election. Soares remains the Albany DA, yet never finds anything amiss in the Legislature. Like Sgt. Schultz in “Hogan’s Heroes,” Soares knows nothing.
Sadly, the cabal of federal prosecutors in the Northern District, which covers the capital, avoids political cases like the plague, as do the five DAs in the city.
Were it not for Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor, Silver could have kept his alleged scams going for another 20 years.
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NOTE WRT BOXLEY:
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BACKSTORY In 2014, the Brown & Weinraub lobbying firm, listed ex-Silver aide---sexual predator Michael Boxley---as a lobbyist in Albany.
In June 2003, Albany police removed Boxley, then Silver’s chief legal counsel, from the Capitol in cuffs after a female legislative staffer accused him of rape.
Boxley quit the Silver job after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sexual misconduct.
The plea required him to register as a sex offender and serve six years’ probation. His law license was suspended. In accepting the deal, he admitted having sex with a 22-year-old legislative staffer without her consent.
The FBI needs to scrutinize Silver's deals w/ the Brown & Weinraub lobbying firm......Boxley's employer.