Judge tosses verdicts in Skelos trial

Name: Judge tosses verdicts in Skelos trial
Uploaded: 2017-09-26T21:35:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 38 s
Description: Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, faced a five-year prison sentence after they were convicted of bribery, extortion, and conspiracy back in 2015. A federal appeals court overturned the verdicts on a technicality. The U.S. attorney is confident his office will retry the case.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, faced a five-year prison sentence after they were convicted of bribery, extortion, and conspiracy back in 2015. A federal appeals court overturned the verdicts on a technicality. The U.S. attorney is confident his office will retry the case.

Posted September 26, 2017 5:46pm EDT