Posted on 12/01/2015 9:51:41 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
In 2008, Hillary Clinton called Sheldon Silver 'a stalwart voice on behalf of the needs of New Yorkers.'
The news, yesterday: 'Silver, 71, a Manhattan Democrat, was convicted on all seven counts against him. The charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemmed from schemes by which he obtained nearly $4 million in exchange for using his position to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.'
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If those New Yorkers paid him.
Shelly needs to sing like a canary.
This goes on in New York all the time though, Democrap gets elected, Democrap gets busted, the sheeple elect a new Democrap, Demcrap gets busted, rinse repeat.
January 20, 2001 - The Clintons Leave The White House
He was a stalwart force for transferring taxpayer money into his own pockets and those of his family members and close friends.
If Silver starts to ‘sing’ there’s going to be A LOT of people coming down...including the Clintons....
(Gotta go get some popcorn for this one, it’s going to be a goooooood one this time!)
(Rubbing forehead, I wonder if Cuomo is pooping his panties about now?)
Corrupt thugs - birds of a feather.
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