The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
In August, the 76-year-old Democrat began serving his 6-and-a-half year sentence in a federal prison upstate. He was convicted in 2015 on corruption charges for accepting nearly $4 million in illegal payments in exchange for official actions.
His original conviction was overturned on appeal, but he was re-convicted in 2018 and given a lighter sentence.
Silver sought to challenge how a lower court viewed extortion law and bribery. He claims that the court ignored Supreme Court precedent.
Silver had also requested serving his time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, said they would have taken up the appeal.
