Prosecutors in the case against Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous told the jury Tuesday that the Binghamton Republican repeatedly lied to FBI investigators in 2010.
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Matthew Libous has since been disbarred and is set to begin a six-month prison sentence for under-reporting $70,000 of his income on federal tax returns.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – The deputy majority leader of the New York Senate lied repeatedly to FBI agents to cover up that he arranged a high-paying job for his son with a politically connected law firm, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
Opening arguments were scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Federal prosecutors believe the Senator lied to investigators when he told them he wasn’t familiar with how his son attained the job at the firm.
He also says Libous asked the law firm to help funnel payments to his son from an Albany lobbying firm.
But they didn’t call in Daddy to rein in his son until Matthew crossed a more personal line – by putting the moves on another lawyer’s wife, Allee said.
During opening statements and cross-examination of government witnesses, Mr. DerOhannesian sought to characterize the extensive time Mr. Libous spent with Mr. Hiffa and other lobbyists as part of the standard working procedure in Albany. Its agreement with Matthew Libous ended after a year.
“Isn’t it hard to remember things from five years ago?”
Mr. Allee portrayed Matthew Libous’s tenure at the law firm as unhappy, recounting an incident at a firm holiday party in 2005 at which he allegedly got drunk and made a pass at a partner’s wife.
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In his opening statement at the trial of state Sen. His punishment was delayed by U.S. District Judge Vincent Bricceti, who is also presiding over Thomas Libous’s case, and the younger Libous was seated in the court’s front row.
