Two starkly different narratives were put before a federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for an alleged kickback and bribery scheme that netted him almost $4 million in lawyer referral fees.
“Power. Greed. Corruption,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen told the jury in Southern District Judge Valerie Caproni‘s courtroom. “This is a case about a powerful politician who betrayed those he was supposed to serve in order to line his pockets.”
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