{"id":3183,"date":"2015-12-02T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2015-12-02T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T19:54:16","slug":"look-for-the-silver-lining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=3183","title":{"rendered":"LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At times it sure looks like the bad guys are winning and nothing ever changes.\u00a0 How else can one explain how a pathological liar like Hillary Clinton can be considered to be a viable candidate for President of the United States?\u00a0 But, then there are those times when right actually does prevail.\u00a0 Anyone remotely familiar with New York politics knows all about Sheldon Silver.\u00a0 Everyone knew he was corrupt, but it didn\u2019t seem to matter. \u00a0He was the ultimate Teflon man.\u00a0 But then a miracle happened.\u00a0 A new U.S. Attorney, Preet Bharara, arrived on scene who didn\u2019t realize that he had no chance of convicting someone like Sheldon Silver.\u00a0 This time, it looks like the good guys won a big one.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t exactly the outcome most people expected.\u00a0 Just last week a jury acquitted Vincent Asaro, who may have been the inspiration for the Godfather.\u00a0 His defense argued, successfully, that the witnesses against him were professional liars willing to saying anything in exchange for leniency.\u00a0 Even the Sheldon Silver case looked bad when jurors started asking to be excused.\u00a0 But, that is not the end of the story.\u00a0 On November 30, 2015 Sheldon Silver was found guilty of federal corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/01\/nyregion\/sheldon-silver-guilty-corruption-trial.html?_r=1\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/01\/nyregion\/sheldon-silver-guilty-corruption-trial.html?_r=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cthe charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemmed from schemes by which he obtained nearly $4 million in exchange for using his position to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is what his defense lawyers argued, unsuccessfully:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThey look at conduct which is legal,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Mr. Molo told the jury in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/04\/nyregion\/lawyers-offer-contrasting-views-ofsheldon-silver-as-his-corruption-trial-starts.html\">his opening statement<\/a>, <strong><em>\u201cconduct which is normal, conduct which allows government to function consistent with the way that our founding fathers of the State of New York wanted it to function, and they say this is illegal.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hmm.\u00a0 Can you think of anyone else who has been <strong>\u201chelping people\u201d<\/strong> in exchange for <strong>\u201ccontributions?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Shelton Silver will not be the first person too big to fail that ended up in jail.\u00a0 He also won\u2019t be the last.\u00a0 Look for the Silver lining.<\/p>\n<p>TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At times it sure looks like the bad guys are winning and nothing ever changes.\u00a0 How else can one explain how a pathological liar like Hillary Clinton can be considered to be a viable candidate for President of the United &hellip; 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