Lawyers for Brian Benjamin argued the feds’ “aggressive” case against him was of historic proportions Thursday as a judge set a trial date the disgraced ex-lieutenant governor hop… ...

NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, following the death of a key witness.

A federal appeals court on Friday revived corruption charges against former Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York, saying prosecutors had sufficiently demonstrated a plan to funnel state money to ...

Federal prosecutors are ending the bribery case against former New York Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin, in light of the death of a key witness, reported The New York Times on Friday. This decision ...

Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin is back on track to face trial on corruption charges after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected his request to overturn an appeals court ruling that reinstated the ...

ALBANY — A federal judge's decision last week to throw out bribery charges against former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin highlights the complexity, and increasing difficulty, of prosecuting corruption ...

Lawyers for former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin asked a judge to toss his bribery case on Wednesday, arguing federal prosecutors have failed to clearly show there was an “explicit quid pro ...

A lawyer for former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin called the corruption case against his client “flimsy” and “very unusual” Monday as the feds revealed they’d seized the pol’s cell phone and ...

A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed bribery charges against former Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York on Monday, saying prosecutors had not demonstrated an explicit quid pro quo in what ...

A judge tosses an indictment of former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin for not alleging an explicit quid pro quo. Skip to Main Content. ... Prosecutors Lose Another Corruption Case. Share. Resize ...

This article was originally published on Aug 9 9:14pm EDT by THE CITY Back in March 2017, the Manhattan U.S. attorney announced there would be no corruption charges filed against then-Mayor Bill ...