Ex-attorney says NY senator asked law firm to hire his son
By JIM FITZGERALD
Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS (AP) - New York state Sen. Thomas Libous asked a law firm to hire his son and help conceal that his son was also being paid by a lobbying firm, a disbarred lawyer testified Wednesday.
The law firm, eager for the new business Libous promised to steer its way, agreed to the deal even after a partner’s wife complained that the son had drunkenly propositioned her at a Christmas party, said Anthony Mangone, who was once a partner in the firm that has since disbanded.
Mangone, who has been convicted of bribery and extortion, testified on the second day of Libous’ federal trial. Libous, a Binghamton Republican who is the Senate’s deputy majority leader, is charged with lying to the FBI in 2010 about how his son’s employment was arranged.
He has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer, Paul DerOhannesian, went after Mangone at the start of his cross-examination.
“You’re a liar, aren’t you?” the defense attorney asked.
“I have lied at times,” Mangone said.
Mangone is cooperating with the prosecution in Libous’ case in hopes of trimming his prison time when he is sentenced.
He testified that he and Libous were friends in 2005 when Libous asked if Mangone’s White Plains firm could take on his son Matthew. In exchange, Libous would steer enough business to the law firm “to build a new wing on our property,” Mangone said.
Thomas Libous said Matthew Libous would need about $150,000 a year, Mangone told prosecutor Benjamin Allee. The law firm only had to pay $100,000, however, because $50,000 would be paid by an Albany lobbying firm in the guise of a retainer, he said, with the law firm sending monthly bills for $4,166.
Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS (AP) - New York state Sen. Thomas Libous asked a law firm to hire his son and help conceal that his son was also being paid by a lobbying firm, a disbarred lawyer testified Wednesday.
The law firm, eager for the new business Libous promised to steer its way, agreed to the deal even after a partner’s wife complained that the son had drunkenly propositioned her at a Christmas party, said Anthony Mangone, who was once a partner in the firm that has since disbanded.
Mangone, who has been convicted of bribery and extortion, testified on the second day of Libous’ federal trial. Libous, a Binghamton Republican who is the Senate’s deputy majority leader, is charged with lying to the FBI in 2010 about how his son’s employment was arranged.
He has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer, Paul DerOhannesian, went after Mangone at the start of his cross-examination.
“You’re a liar, aren’t you?” the defense attorney asked.
“I have lied at times,” Mangone said.
Mangone is cooperating with the prosecution in Libous’ case in hopes of trimming his prison time when he is sentenced.
He testified that he and Libous were friends in 2005 when Libous asked if Mangone’s White Plains firm could take on his son Matthew. In exchange, Libous would steer enough business to the law firm “to build a new wing on our property,” Mangone said.
Thomas Libous said Matthew Libous would need about $150,000 a year, Mangone told prosecutor Benjamin Allee. The law firm only had to pay $100,000, however, because $50,000 would be paid by an Albany lobbying firm in the guise of a retainer, he said, with the law firm sending monthly bills for $4,166.
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