New York’s Lieutenant Governor arrested
Republican Versus Democrats. (A. F. Branco)
Brian Benjamin, Lieutenant Governor for New York, has been arrested for bribery charges. Benjamin was part of a group of people who cooked up a scheme while he was a state senator. He was also a candidate for state comptroller. He is alleged to have asked for campaign donations in exchange for routing some state funds for a nonprofit organization associated with the donor.
From Fox News:
According to the indictment, from 2019 through 2021, Benjamin carried out the scheme while he was a state senator and a candidate for state comptroller. During that time, Benjamin allegedly solicited campaign donations from and to be raised by a real estate developer, win exchange for appropriating state funds for the developer’s non-profit organization.
In order to hide this, the indictment says, Benjamin allegedly falsified campaign donor forms, and in 2021 when he was being vetted for the lieutenant governor job, he provided falsely stated in that he had never “directly exercised” his authority as an official “concerning a matter of a donor [he] directly solicited.”
Benjamin is facing charges of bribery, conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, and falsification of records. The various offenses carry maximum penalties ranging between five and 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors are also seeking forfeiture of the funds involved or, alternatively, “any other property of the defendant up to the value of the forfeitable property.”
Fox News has learned that Benjamin has been arrested on these charges. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Fox News has the article here.
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Crime
I don’t even have to ask if this turd is a socialist democrat.
Ooops.
Maybe their second question should have been was ” have you ever indirectly excercised” your authority as an official.
The wrong people are asking the questions. They should get some people from this site to ask questions.
Semantic games. All politicians practice it, but DemocRATS are masters of it.
Stick with the good old; “When was the last time you committed a felony?”
He was only violating an unjust law.
Buying
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Who does he think he is… a Chicago politician? Amateur!
Gee whiz, what a surprise! And he’s only the one dumb enough to get caught, that or he pissed the wrong Party Boss off and got the beans spilled on him.
The Lt. Gov apple didn’t fall far from the Gov. tree. At least he didn’t kill Granny or grope her daughters. New Yorkers should be proud.
Kumella will bond him out and Chuckie will have him on his staff until the appeal against these trumped up charges leads to his aquittal.
Nothing will happen as he will cry racism and all his peeps including sharpie sharpton will back him up and threaten burning down the state if he is found guilty.
Resigned.
The Gov, herself in office only due to another well known scandal,
kicked him in the ass on the way out the door.
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“I have accepted Brian Benjamin’s resignation effective immediately. While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as Lieutenant Governor.
New Yorkers deserve absolute confidence in their government, and I will continue working every day to deliver for them,” Hochul said in a statement. (end paste)
https://apnews.com/article/brian-benjamin-new-york-lieutenant-governor-arrested-3682bc9913a2421f1b1613497286b591
Local news in st louis is that Kim Gardner gets a pass.
Maybe he could get her to make a couple phone calls.
The opportunity was ‘f**king golden’. To quote a former Illinois Gov.
Let those who have never committed bribery, conspiracy, honest services wire fraud, and falsification of records, cast the first stone.
*Grabbing a stone and winding up for the throw*