Sheldon Silver begins prison sentence in corruption case
FILE - In this July 27, 2018 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrives at federal court in New York. Silver is due to report on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, to a federal prison in Otisville, New York, after being sentenced earlier this year to 6 1/2 years behind bars in a corruption case that toppled him from his longtime position as one of the state's most powerful politicians. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

FILE - In this July 27, 2018 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrives at federal court in New York. Silver is due to report on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, to a federal prison in Otisville, New York, after being sentenced earlier this year to 6 1/2 years behind bars in a corruption case that toppled him from his longtime position as one of the state's most powerful politicians. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Aug. 26, 2020 10:27 AM EDT
FILE- In this July 27, 2018 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, right, arrives at federal court in New York. Silver has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The sentencing Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni came after she insisted that the 76-year-old Democrat come to court rather than appear remotely. In a handwritten letter to the judge, Silver had asked that he be spared a prison term that would cause him to die in prison. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

FILE- In this July 27, 2018 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, right, arrives at federal court in New York. Silver has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The sentencing Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni came after she insisted that the 76-year-old Democrat come to court rather than appear remotely. In a handwritten letter to the judge, Silver had asked that he be spared a prison term that would cause him to die in prison. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Aug. 25, 2020 03:22 PM EDT
FILE- In this July 20, 2020 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves U.S. District Court in New York. Silver has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The sentencing Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni came after she insisted that the 76-year-old Democrat come to court rather than appear remotely. In a handwritten letter to the judge, Silver had asked that he be spared a prison term that would cause him to die in prison. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

FILE- In this July 20, 2020 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves U.S. District Court in New York. Silver has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The sentencing Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni came after she insisted that the 76-year-old Democrat come to court rather than appear remotely. In a handwritten letter to the judge, Silver had asked that he be spared a prison term that would cause him to die in prison. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Aug. 25, 2020 03:21 PM EDT