Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Friday urged New Yorkers to demand higher standards for politicians, delivering the keynote address at a forum on “Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad,” sponsored by the Fordham Law School Law Review. The story appeared in the New York Law Journal.
Bharara’s remarks came in the wake of his office’s highest-profile public corruption prosecution. Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted two weeks ago on charges that he received $4 million in kickbacks from law firms for doing political favors since 2002. The once-powerful Democrat has said he will be vindicated.
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