Dozens of Israeli protesters have been arrested after shackling and briefly blocking the entrance to Parliament, as protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government grow louder. The meeting in West Jerusalem on Wednesday was called to protest an upcoming vote to give the government radical authority to bypass …
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Sheldon Silver, Albany’s corrupt power broker, will eventually go to prison for his crimes, but not for another month, a judge ruled Monday when he sentenced the former Speaker of the Assembly to 6 1/2 years in federal prison, almost five years after he was first convicted. of corruption Judge …
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Former President of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Monday after having been convicted of corruption charges twice since 2015. United States District Judge Valerie Caproni, appointed by Obama, sentenced Silver, a Democrat, for the third time after previous convictions had …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed when the longtime leader faces growing discontent over his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The trial at the Jerusalem District Court resumed on Sunday after a two-month break. The court had ruled In May Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister on trial, would …
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