Former Assembly speaker sentenced

Name: Former Assembly speaker sentenced
Uploaded: 2020-07-20T20:58:10Z
Duration: 2 min 23 s
Description: A federal judge sentenced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to more than six years in prison. His legal saga has lasted more than five years. Silver had asked the judge for leniency because of his age, health conditions, and the coronavirus pandemic.

A federal judge sentenced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to more than six years in prison. His legal saga has lasted more than five years. Silver had asked the judge for leniency because of his age, health conditions, and the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted July 20, 2020 5:12pm EDT