THREE-PEAT: Perhaps you’ve heard, but former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi was found guilty on seven of the nine charges he faced yesterday as the verdict was read at his public corruption trial.Verdict news from the AP, Commonwealth, WBUR, Globe andHerald. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. (AP)
REAX: Everyone’s got something to say about DiMasi becoming the third consecutive House Speaker to be convicted in federal court: The GOP (Herald), Lots of Lawmakers (AP, Globe, Herald), North End residents (Globe), Gov. Patrick and last but oh-so-certainly not least, Speaker DeLeo. (CW)
SHENANIGANS: Guess who’s thrilled that no one’s paying any more attention to his own little scandal. No one but hislocal press, the one his constituents read.
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