John Sampson, State Senator, Indicted; Brooklyn Relieved He Wasn't Elected DA [View all]

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Source: Village Voice

Well, we guess the voters were right to re-elect Charles Hynes back in 2005, when he was pushed fairly hard in the democratic primary by challenger, state Sen. John Sampson. (Hynes won by about four percentage points.)


Sampson, a 15-year veteran of the Legislature and chair of the senate ethics committee, was arrested today on two counts of embezzlement for, in part, using money embezzled from accounts of sales of foreclosed houses--over which he was supposed to be the protector--to finance that campaign against Hynes. He was also charged with tampering with evidence and witnesses.

Say what one wants about Hynes--and we have--but then imagine if Sampson had actually defeated the long-serving DA. Brooklynites would have an accused embezzler and evidence and witness tamperer in the most powerful law enforcement position in the borough. Yikes!

"At the conclusion of the [FBI] interview, the agents advised Sampson that he had lied to federal agents, which constituted a federal crime," prosecutors said. "When asked whether he wished to revise his statement, Sampson stated, 'Not everything I told you was false.'"

Sounds like a cry for help.

Read more: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/05/john_sampson_st.php

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State Senator Sampson was a hope - at one time - of fixing Judicial Corruption/bad ethics in New York.

Now, everyone will say - corrupt is as corrupt does - like Senator Sampson.

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Are we EVER going to be able to put a dent in the corruption that has become systemic and incestuous in our country?

What say ye!