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.