http://www.stateintegrity.org/new_york New York’s new poster boy for ethics investigations - a shale $hill . . . go figure : “A key witness in a federal corruption trial involving three Westchester County political figures has accused Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, of offering increased business to his politically-connected law firm in exchange for a high-paying job for his son, Matthew Libous. In recent testimony, former attorney Anthony Mangone said Libous (pictured, right) called his law firm and asked that they hire his son. Mangone testified Thursday that Matthew Libous was hired as an associate with a $50,000 salary after the senator made a promise of increased referrals to the firm. Soon, the senator called back and asked the salary to be raised to $100,000, Mangone testified.” This law firm did lobbying and legal […]
