His real crime was not sharing his ill gotten gains with his cronies
By hogging the trough, the man got himself done in
>> His real crime was &etc
I won’t presume to know exactly what he did that got him into trouble.
But, you’re right; a powerful pol like Silver doesn’t get pinched unless he upsets the “flow”(whatever that may be) of the “syndicate” (whoever they are).
In any case, it’s not about righteous justice so we little people needn’t get our hopes up.