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Federal Judges Affirm Percoco's Conviction On Bribery Charges

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 9/9/21

A Federal appeals court in Manhattan has upheld the conviction of Joseph Percoco, ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide and longtime confidant, for receiving $320,000 in bribes, despite finding that the trial judge erred in her instructions to the jury regarding that crime. 

They did so based on their conclusion that jurors would have arrived at the same verdict if the mistake had not been made.

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