"... accusing him of directing a brazen scheme to funnel illegal donations to his past political campaigns and cover up the criminal activity.... 'This is a simple story of corruption,' Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.... 'Taxpayer money for campaign contributions. A quid quo pro [sic]. This for that. That’s bribery, plain and simple.'"
Selecting Benjamin was one of the first things Gov. Kathy Hochul did when she rose from Lt. Governor to Governor after Andrew M. Cuomo resigned. This will, the NYT writes, "complicate Ms. Hochul’s bid to be elected to her first full term as governor." She promised to end corruption.
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Lets play name that party.
Joe Biden will have to pardon him given the brazen corruption he has been involved in.
A corrupt politician in New York...? Heavens to Betsy!
They are all rotten to the core.
Gonna take a WAG (wild-assed guess) that he's a DEMOCRAT!!!
First guess: Jewish?
Second guess: Irish?
Actually, he's Black (West Indian).
I guess that should have been the first guess.
Well, less complicated than had he been separately elected.
"Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York resigned on Tuesday..."
Party affiliation not noted, must be a Democrat.
She promised to end corruption...
...involving any conservative whom she could plausibly frame -- with the cooperation of the NYT, of course.
Business as usual in Albany.
Why is there anything other than other than contempt for our political class? Are there still people who engage in good faith? Just hung up on a fundraising call for my dad, who died 3 years ago and was out of his mind with dementia for several years earlier. Fuck them. O yeah innocent until proven guilty and all that. .
Whoopsie!!
What the fook is the matter with New York?
A ‘quid quo pro’? Syntax isn’t just a good idea, it’s a tax…
This is egregious! Better to kill tens of thousands of seniors in nursing homes and lie about it.
Gov. Inslee was sending Washington state unemployment insurance to Nigeria. It was a money laundering operation to pay for Inslee's presidential aspirations. I hope he got 50 cents on the dollar.
The woman in charge of the Employment Security Department wasn't fired, but promoted into the Biden administration.
The Illinois shuffle has come to New York---=a governor or lt. governor leaves the State House for the Big House.
Somebody was out to get this guy. It's small-time graft that will be hard to prove unless the fellow was stupid about how he did business and left hard evidence. And it's the feds who are after him.
i don't understand; i thought he was a Democrat? i thought Democrats could NO wrong?
"'Taxpayer money for campaign contributions. A quid quo pro. This for that. That’s bribery, plain and simple.'"
Amateur. Shoulda talked to Hunter or Hillary.
I wonder if he will rat her out in a plea bargain?
Nah. They're all Democrats.
"This will, the NYT writes, "complicate Ms. Hochul’s bid to be elected to her first full term as governor." She promised to end corruption."
I laugh out loud at the naivete of the NYT. Who are they trying to con? Do they somehow think that NY elections are ruled by the citizen voters? A NY democrat leaves office only when it is too embarrassing to show your face in public.
As with Chicago, I'm not certain New York can function without corruption.
Another day, another scandal the Anne Applebaums of the world won’t find interesting.
They cast their line for a Trump, and reeled in a Benjamin.
where was Trump when this was going down? asking for Hillary and Cuomo
"She promised to end corruption."
Promises, promises.
Like Rabel, I suspect someone wanted him out- most likely someone wanting his job.
Don't look now, but similar corruption has been uncovered in Harris County (Houston). Guess which party in that case.
Hubris and stupidity seem to be the essential requirements for NY Governor.
New York Democrat, and you're surprised????
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