Friday, December 17, 2010
Politicians - Albany legislator Vincent Leibell
Another politician caught...
Rebecca Harshbarger and Brendan Scott report in the New York Post:
"A disgraced state legislator pleaded guilty yesterday to taking kickbacks from a charity he founded -- and funded with millions of taxpayer dollars from Albany.
Vincent Leibell, who served nearly 30 years in the state Assembly and Senate representing Putnam County, confessed after he was caught on videotape telling one of the lawyers paying him off how to lie if the feds interrogated him.
'An elected official who was sent to Albany to serve the public instead decided to betray the public trust,' said US Attorney Preet Bharara of Leibell, who last week resigned his Senate seat and the Putnam County executive position to which he was elected only last month."
