USA v. Skelos et al

  1. November 20, 2015

    Favors Or Not, Skelos In Lockstep With Developers, Jury Told

    Glenwood Management Corp. counsel Charlie Dorego, who prosecutors hope will help pin graft charges on former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam, told jurors Friday that the senator never threatened to go against Leonard Litwin, Dorego's billionaire developer boss, in Albany if favors weren't done.

  2. November 19, 2015

    GC Of Real Estate Giant Testifies He Felt Pressure From Skelos

    Glenwood Management Corp. general counsel Charlie Dorego told jurors hearing graft charges against former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam that requests by the senator to help "find things for Adam to do" left him and his real estate billionaire boss Leonard Litwin uneasy.

  3. November 18, 2015

    Skelos Son Had 'Blowout' With Boss Questioning His Hours

    A man once tasked with supervising former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos' son Adam told jurors Wednesday that Adam Skelos launched into a profanity-laced tirade when the supervisor questioned his failure to appear for what prosecutors seeking to convict the pair on graft charges call a no-show medical malpractice insurance sales job.

  4. November 17, 2015

    Skelos Calls Graft Case A Product Of Overzealous Prosecution

    Former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam rejected the government's bribery, extortion and fraud charges Tuesday at the beginning of their criminal trial, telling a federal jury that Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara overstepped in an effort to put politicians behind bars.  

  5. November 16, 2015

    Voir Dire In Skelos Graft Trial Hints At Defense Strategy

    The corruption trial of former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam began Monday, with potential jurors fielding questions that hint at the defense's plan to describe a father helping a struggling son as opposed to a duo extracting unlawful paydays.

  6. November 09, 2015

    Gov't Can't Edit Out Skelos 'We've Done Nothing Wrong' Call

    Prosecutors seeking to convict former New York State Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam of extortion and bribery won't be able to redact a wiretapped statement in which Adam asserts his innocence, U.S. District Judge Kimba A. Wood ruled Monday.

  7. October 20, 2015

    Ex-NY Sen. Leader Can't Shake 2 Corruption Charges

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss two of eight charges in a corruption case against the former leader of New York's state Senate and allowed federal prosecutors to use wiretap evidence in his upcoming trial.

  8. September 08, 2015

    CORRECTED: Ex-NY Senate Leader Seeks Toss Of 2 Corruption Charges

    The former leader of New York’s state Senate on Friday asked a federal judge to toss two of 8 charges against him, claiming his son’s misstatements to his employer about alleged legislative favors did not constitute official acts and therefore can’t be prosecuted under corruption law. (Correction: An earlier story misstated the number of criminal charges filed against Dean Skelos. The error has been corrected.)

  9. July 30, 2015

    NY Sen. Skelos, Son Deny New Corruption Charges

    New York state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son pled not guilty in federal court on Thursday to new bribery and extortion charges, setting the stage for a November trial.

  10. July 22, 2015

    Dean Skelos, Son Hit With New Charges In Corruption Case

    The former New York state Senate majority leader and his son face new charges in a corruption case in which they have already pled not guilty, under a new indictment federal prosecutors filed Tuesday.