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 ...
Since party affiliation isn’t mentioned in the headline or lede, may I assume?...
Yes I'm afraid he is probably Amish...
He’s Democrat, and black. Libous is a Republican and white.
Sampson AA Dem , Libous GOP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Libous
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.
Did either one of these “lawmakers vote for the SAFE act?
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....
He died yesterday at 63 years old.
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