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Former GOP NY Senate Majority Leader's Trial Gets Started

http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2009/11/02/daily9.html

Joe Bruno's trial underway


The criminal trial of Joseph L. Bruno, once the most powerful man in
the New York state Senate, began Monday at a federal courthouse in
downtown Albany.

This afternoon, federal prosecutors and Bruno's defense attorneys
agreed on a jury of seven women and five men.

The 12-person group will decide whether to convict or acquit Bruno of
the U.S. government's allegations that he committed mail and wire
fraud while in office.

Later Monday, prosecutors and attorneys will give opening arguments.

The trial's first witnesses will also be called to testify.

In January, an Albany grand jury indicted Bruno on eight counts of
fraud.

Bruno, a Republican who lives in Brunswick, pleaded not guilty.

The maximum penalty is a $250,000 fine and up to 20 years in prison,
if Bruno is convicted.

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Joseph Bruno, 80, served in the state Senate for 32 years representing
parts of Rensselaer and Saratoga counties, including some of Saratoga
Springs.

He was Senate Majority Leader for the final 13 years of his career,
which ended when he retired from office in June 2008.

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The 35-page indictment accuses Bruno of entering relationships with
people or companies that had business before the state Legislature and
then “concealing, disguising, and failing to disclose the existence
and nature of such compensated contacts.”

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The indictment alleges Bruno engaged in a “scheme to defraud” by
getting paid $3.2 million for work he did on behalf of labor unions
and private companies that did business with the state, without
disclosing that relationship to the Legislative Ethics Committee.

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Harry

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