FBI Arrests Silver

Submitted by ub on

The most powerful politician of New York Assembly has been arrested and charged with corruption.

Sheldon Silver has been arrested as on Federal charges following an investigation into the influential politician, who was recently re-elected.

Silver represents Manhattan and has been a powerful force in Albany for two decades as speaker of the Assembly. The question that follows is how many more will follow?

Speaker Silver arrested on federal corruption charges http://lohud.us/1JlvmVJ pic.twitter.com/TvyW0RWl8X

Sheldon Silver Has Been Arrested (he surrendered to FBI agents!) http://gothamist.com/2015/01/22/sheldon_silver_arrested.php … pic.twitter.com/T83OZ2vuPo

N.Y. State Assembly Speaker Silver has surrendered to FBI, sources say http://bloom.bg/1CjyUYg

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is arrested via @BloombergNews @AP, first reported by @nytimes http://bit.ly/1CFplk4