Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Silver Found Guilty in 2nd Corruption Trial

Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Silver Found Guilty in 2nd Corruption Trial
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver exits the Manhattan U.S. District Courthouse in New York City on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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By Brendan Pierson

NEW YORK—Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of corruption charges on Friday, May 11, by a jury in Manhattan federal court after an appeals court threw out an earlier conviction.