tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post3071750423523734695..comments2024-03-28T00:02:02.310-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: The Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver Is Arrested in Corruption CaseGalewyn Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-23255108778990411022015-01-23T16:42:21.641-05:002015-01-23T16:42:21.641-05:00QUERY: THE "CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED"...QUERY: THE "CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED" EDITION<br /><br />WHAT IF MARTY GOLDEN COULD GIVE DEAN SKELOS OR SOME OTHER BIG FISH TO PREET BHARARA ? --- THAT SHOULD BE WORTH SOMETHING, RIGHT ? <br /><br />Does anybody know for sure that State Senator Martin Golden's high priced criminal defense lawyers aren't trying to work out a "cooperating witness agreement" to benefit the Republican State Senator from Brooklyn.<br /><br />For example, what if Marty Golden could "give" Dean Skelos to Preet Bharara ? <br /><br />How ? Well, you tell me !Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-28464238624952637232015-01-23T11:33:43.691-05:002015-01-23T11:33:43.691-05:00UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “DIDN’T SOMEBODY HERE S...UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “DIDN’T SOMEBODY HERE SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT” EDITION<br /><br />RE: THE ANONYMOUS COMMENTS ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS (CIs) ABOVE — FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY TALKS ABOUT HOW “COOPERATING WITNESS" MAKES IT A STRONG CASE AGAINST SILVER<br /><br />Related to a discussion of the indictment of Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver is the following passage in an article from the City & State blog: “...Jennifer Rodgers, who served formerly in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, said that having cooperating witnesses with firsthand knowledge of any criminal conduct is always an advantage for prosecutors. *** “The complaint does reference a cooperating witness who received a non-prosecution agreement—the doctor who allegedly was benefitted by the speaker’s diverting funds to his research center he was involved with and a nonprofit in exchange for the doctor sending patients to the law firm that paid Sheldon Silver legal fees,” said Rodgers, now executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School. “If that doctor is a cooperating witness, which the U.S. attorney says that he or she is … that’s obviously a very strong piece of evidence, because that person has firsthand knowledge of the relationship between him or her and Silver and what deal was struck and what went on there.” ( See “CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST SILVER IS STRONG, LEGAL EXPERTS SAY” by Jon Lentz, 1/22/15, City & State<br />[http://www.cityandstateny.com/2/politics/new-york-state-articles/new-york-state-assembly/corruption-case-against-silver-is-strong%2c-legal-experts-say.html#.VMJq19LF88o]).<br /><br />That certainly is a strong and direct buttress to the concept advanced by the comment makers in favor of using CIs as "Cooperating Witnesses" in the trial of corruption cases. <br /><br />It seems obvious that any corruption case against elected officials and even formerly elected officials will work best if there is some kind of credible insider to explain to the jury how the corrupt scheme was intended to work.Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-17841313916416689152015-01-22T21:45:11.797-05:002015-01-22T21:45:11.797-05:00why did Cuomo move so quick to shut down moreland ...why did Cuomo move so quick to shut down moreland commission?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-61776301738109487822015-01-22T21:25:28.528-05:002015-01-22T21:25:28.528-05:00A follow the money case is like describing a trip ...A follow the money case is like describing a trip with only a road map. A confidential informant is also necessary to describe what is actually there when you arrive at the destinations shown on the map.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-76714089306969317212015-01-22T15:44:20.722-05:002015-01-22T15:44:20.722-05:00Why a CI? These are money cases and easily traceab...Why a CI? These are money cases and easily traceable. Isn't that where the idea of follow the money comes from? It should be very easy to investigate as far as a paper trail of misdeeds. I think it turns more on the courage and conviction of the one doing the investigating. Preet doesn't care. He'll take them all down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-34027393549726720242015-01-22T15:13:38.690-05:002015-01-22T15:13:38.690-05:00How this works...
This case against Shelley Silve...How this works...<br /><br />This case against Shelley Silver clearly involves a confidential informant or confidential informants, sometimes called "CI" or "CIs".<br /><br />That probably means the case against our local Brooklyn State Senator is likely to turn on whether somebody turns on the State Senator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-19758161106329269622015-01-22T14:56:04.374-05:002015-01-22T14:56:04.374-05:00FYI, Jacob Gershman has tweeted that Paragraph # 4...FYI, Jacob Gershman has tweeted that Paragraph # 41 of the Silver complaint notes that a little while after Governor Cuomo shut down his Moreland Commission investigations, on April 22, 2014 to be exact, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman notified the NYS Supreme Court that he was withdrawing his Moreland Commission-related subpoenas seeking information on (WAIT FOR IT! >>>) “outside income.” - - - Don’t you know!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com