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‘Lopez’ Special Prosecutor Can Scrutinize Silver Role

By MARK TOOR
Posted 9/17/12

A Special Prosecutor looking into Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s approval of a confidential settlement of a legislator’s sex-harassment case obtained a judge’s approval to examine Mr. Silver’s role in using taxpayers’ money to make the case go away without reporting it to the Assembly Ethics Committee.

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