A federal judge dismissed corruption and bribery charges Monday against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after determining that the 'indictment fails to allege an explicit quid pro quo.'
A federal judge dismissed corruption and bribery charges Monday against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after determining that the"indictment fails to allege an explicit quid pro quo."
Prosecutors slapped Benjamin with bribery, honest services wire fraud, and two counts of falsification of records over an alleged scheme in which he presented real estate investor Gerald Migdol with a $50,000 check for his charity, Friends of Public School Harlem, in September 2019. Benjamin did this in his capacity as a state senator.
In Monday's ruling, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken cited court precedents that stipulated the payments needed to be"made in return for an explicit promise or undertaking by the official to perform" an official action. He maintained that prosecutors failed to make that case.
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