U.S. v. SILVER

Docket No. 18-2380 August Term 2018.

948 F.3d 538 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, The New York Times Company, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Intervenors, v. Sheldon SILVER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MEIR FEDER , ( Samidh Guha , James Loonam , Conor Reardon , on the brief), Jones Day, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

DANIEL C. RICHENTHAL , Assistant United States Attorney ( Damian Williams , Thomas A. McKay , Sarah K. Eddy , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Geoffrey S. Berman , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

Judge Lohier concurs in a separate opinion.


This appeal marks the second time we have been asked to review the conviction of Sheldon Silver, former Speaker of the New York State Assembly. In 2016, Silver was convicted of accepting illegal bribes, in violation of the mail and wire fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §...

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