Judge Rules Against Sheldon Silver But Criticizes Preet Bharara’s ‘Media Blitz’

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Will Bredderman

A federal judge today rejected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s request that she throw out the corruption charges against him—but chastised U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the “media blitz” he conducted in the days and weeks following Mr. Silver’s arrest in January.

Judge Valerie Caproni ruled that the flurry of press releases, press conferences and personal appearances Mr. Bharara made attacking Albany’s “culture of corruption” and “three men in a room” power arrangement were insufficient to unfairly prejudice the public against Mr. Silver, contrary to the assertions of the once-mighty pol’s attorneys. Nonetheless, she admonished the prosecutor for overstepping the bounds of propriety and legal restraint.



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