We gave you a heads up that this was coming, but the extent of the charges are even more than we thought they would be. His corruption was not secret, so either he has become non-compliant or too much of a liability to the powers that be…
Via NY Post:
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lined his pockets with nearly $4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000, federal authorities charged Thursday.
The Manhattan Democrat, acknowledged as the second-most powerful Democrat in the state, was hit with five felony charges involving fraud, extortion and conspiracy that each carry up to 20 years behind bars.
Silver, 70, surrendered at FBI headquarters in lower Manhattan at 8 a.m. and later took a ride of shame to the nearby federal courthouse.
He sat uncomfortably in the back seat surrounded by federal agents, a black fedora askew on his head and his hands cuffed behind his back.