Sheldon Silver's conviction tossed

Name: Sheldon Silver's conviction tossed
Uploaded: 2017-07-13T21:02:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 19 s
Description: In 2015, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's was convicted of using his position to line his pockets with nearly $4 million in bribes in exchange for helping two real estate developers and a cancer researcher. Now a federal appeals court overturned all counts of Silver's conviction. His lawyers said they are grateful, but the acting U.S. attorney is vowing to retry Silver.

In 2015, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's was convicted of using his position to line his pockets with nearly $4 million in bribes in exchange for helping two real estate developers and a cancer researcher. Now a federal appeals court overturned all counts of Silver's conviction. His lawyers said they are grateful, but the acting U.S. attorney is vowing to retry Silver.

Posted July 13, 2017 5:19pm EDT