Statement Of Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office On The Convictions Of State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos And His Son Adam

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on July 17, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

Robert Khuzami, Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, said: “Yet again, a New York jury heard a sordid tale of bribery, extortion, and the abuse of power by a powerful public official of this State. And yet again, a jury responded with a unanimous verdict of guilt, in this case of Dean Skelos and his son Adam - sending the resounding message that political corruption will not be tolerated."

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys