Click below to view an article from April 6, 2009:
From that article:
“Prosecutors contend
the letter was one of the early steps in Coniglio’s alleged bid to sell his
office to the hospital and conceal the arrangement behind a lucrative
consulting deal that paid him more than $100,000 over 22 months for little or
no work.”
And
“Schrieks acknowledged he made “a mistake” in May 2005 when
he was approached by a reporter for The Record about the senator’s relationship
with medical center.
He said he told the newspaper “there is a complete split”
between the senator’s business and legislative roles. He also said that the
hospital staff knew not to call the senator’s legislative office.
“It was a mistake. I think it was more of a knee-jerk
reaction,” he said. “Pressured for a comment, I gave him the wrong comment.”
Schrieks said hospital executives and Coniglio staffers
routinely exchanged phone calls. He added that he had not intended to mislead
the newspaper, nor had he discussed his comments with the senator prior to
making them.”
A
jury convicted Coniglio.
Click on the FBI release below:
From the FBI release:
“Furthermore,
according to testimony and evidence, Coniglio used his Senate office to assist
HUMC, and HUMC personnel freely and frequently contacted Coniglio’s Senate
Office and staff,
particularly the Chief of Staff, with requests for official assistance,
which Coniglio and his Chief of Staff routinely entertained while Coniglio was
accepting the monthly payments from HUMC.”
