One of the most powerful Republicans in New York state politics has been federally indicted with a variety of corruption charges that could send him to jail for decades.

The veteran lawmaker, majority leader of the New York Senate for nearly a decade and a half, has been charged with eight felonies for abusing his position as a public official to steer contracts and grants to businesses that paid him $3.2 million in “consulting fees” then covering the corrupt acts.
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Another politician goes down. Isn’t there no end to these corrupted people in government? I say be it democrat or be it republican, if they are corrupt lock them up and throw the keys away! What say you?

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(1) Giving in to Geithner: The B.O. Republicans bow down