Joe Bruno, Former NY State Senate Majority Leader and Family Friend of Kirsten Gillibrand's Family, Indicted on Corruption charges spanning 13 years

No sooner than Kirsten Gillibrand's appointment to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senate seat disclosed, a close family friend, Joseph Bruno was indicted on corruption charges spanning 13 years, following a three-year investigation.

Bruno, the former State Senate Majority leader, was indicted Friday on charges of pocketing at least $3 million by steering contracts to select businesses. He retired from the Legislature in July after more than 32 years in office, was charged in an eight-count indictment with taking defrauding the public from 1993 to at least 2006.

Bruno revealed more than a year ago that the FBI was investigating his private business dealings and he has consistently denied wrongdoing. Bruno appeared in federal court to plead not guilty.

Afterward, he angrily read a lengthy statement to the media, at times pounding the table. But I was not surprised to see that he didn't take any questions. He called the probe and subsequent indictment a "get Joe Bruno campaign" that dates back to the Spitzer administration and involves a "politicized U.S. attorney" and an "overzealous" FBI. "This is a three-year fishing expedition that smells really really bad and it really stinks, in plain English," Bruno said.

Yeah, I have heard this "song" before and the authorities most often than not, are correct. He's better stop being so mad and get proper legal representation. Isn't this a weird turn of events to be disclosed on the same day that Kirsten Gillibrand's appointment to the Senate was made public? Hmmm.