Powerful New York GOP Senator Charged With Lying to FBI About Getting His Son a Lucrative Job
A powerful Republican New York state senator has been indicted on a charge of lying to the FBI during an investigation into a business deal involving his son, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday.
Thomas Libous, the deputy majority leader in the New York Senate, was under investigation for allegedly telling an unnamed law firm that it would have to “build a new wing” to handle all the extra business he would bring the firm in exchange for hiring his son Matthew Libous, said the indictment secured by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Libous was indicted on a charge of giving a false statement to the FBI and his arraignment was set for later on Tuesday.
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