Feds: NY Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver masked bribes as legitimate income
January 22, 2015 By Tom Hays and David Klepper Associated Press
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges. AP Photo/Mike Groll
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New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on charges he used his position as one of the state’s most powerful politicians to collect millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks disguised as legitimate income.