Prosecutors called multiple witnesses on Monday in the criminal trial against former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, to show that a developer that lobbied the senator on real estate tax legislation provided Adam business opportunities.

The Southern District U.S. Attorney’s Office claims Dean and Adam Skelos engaged in a corrupt scheme to use the senator’s official position to obtain for Adam hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, gratuities and extortion payments from campaign donors and companies with business before the state.

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