Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command.

Federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case could be brought to trial.

Prosecutors said they could no longer prove the case, after the real estate developer accused of bribing Benjamin died.

Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating ... Migdol died on Feb. 9, 2024. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that he organized tens of thousands ...

Brian Benjamin had been accused of funneling state money to a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. A key witness in the case has died.

Brian Benjamin NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors on ... A funeral home obituary at the time provided no cause of death. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that ...

The former lieutenant governor is finally speaking out now that federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against him.

President Donald Trump. Former Rep. George Santos. Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin handled it differently. He resigned the same day the feds charged him in a bribery scheme and has stayed out of ...

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