Early lunch break; Riddett expected by afternoon
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno is on a two-hour lunch break until 1 p.m., as federal prosecutors review potentially key documents for the testimony of ex-Bruno secretary...
View ArticleDay 11 set to begin with ex-secretary back on stand
The federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno will soon begin Day 11 with more testimony from retired Senate secretary Patricia Stackrow, whose appearance Monday...
View ArticleFeds: Bruno touted Tenn. firm that agreed to pay him 10 percent
Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno recommended a Tennessee telecom expense company to representatives of state agencies and SUNY at 2004 meeting without mentioning his “oral understanding”...
View ArticleSecretary grilled about alleged cover-up of Bruno’s horse ‘partnership’
Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno allegedly tried to cover up a thoroughbred horse partnership between himself, Loudonville businessman Jared Abbruzzese and former New York Racing and...
View ArticleRiddett recalling he helped Bruno defense, not much else
Former chief Senate counsel Kenneth Riddett testified today that he assisted the defense team for former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno before the trial – but he’s been hazy about several other...
View ArticleDay 11 ends, the Thanksgiving question begins
Thanksgiving weekend in federal court? Not just yet, though Judge Gary Sharpe has left it up to the jury to decide if it wants to spend the Thanksgiving weekend on the federal corruption trial of...
View ArticleDay 12 set to begin; more than a dozen prosecution witnesses to go
The federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno is set to resume at 9 a.m. today in U.S. District Court, with more than a dozen prosecution witnesses still to testify....
View ArticleJudge slams witness for dirty look at bench
Judge Gary Sharpe is irked at an apparent dirty look from a witness. The U.S. District Court judge warned lawyer Wayne Barr he was on “very dangerous ground” during a break in the corruption trial of...
View ArticleDay 12 ends with ethics questions, horses and the ‘CYA’ file
Day 12 is over. The question over legislative ethics — and horses — continues at the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno. Some highlights: * Former Senate ethics...
View ArticleDay 13 set to begin; Gluchowski back on stand
The federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno is set to resume at 9 a.m. with more testimony from former Senate legislative and ethics counsel Frank Gluchowski....
View ArticleUnsaid by witness boasting of Bruno openness – he had to be sued first
It took a lawsuit for the state Legislature to disclose lawmakers’ pork-barrel “member items” in the state budget, but one would hardly know it at the federal corruption trial of former Senate...
View ArticleDay 14 set to begin; prosecution could rest with Abbruzzese
The much-anticipated testimony of Loudonville businessman Jared Abbruzzese is set for 9 a.m. when the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno continues today in U.S....
View ArticleThe Jared E. Abbruzzese comedy show and testimony
Day 14 in the federal corruption trial of Joseph L. Bruno quickly transformed into the Jared E. Abbruzzese comedy hour courtesy of his several one-liners, quips and zingers from the witness stand. The...
View ArticleDay 15 set to begin; summations expected
Week 4 in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is set to begin. And so is the countdown toward a verdict. Summations are expected today following a possible final...
View ArticleDay 16 set to begin; jurors will begin to decide Bruno’s fate
Jury deliberations are set to begin shortly in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno. The trial will resume at 9 a.m. with deliberations following on the...
View Article
