United States v. Triumph Capital Group, Inc.

RULING ON MOTIONS FOR SEVERANCE

NEVAS, District Judge.

This is a multi-defendant, multi-count public corruption case arising out of the activities of the former Connecticut State Treasurer, Paul J. Silvester. Pending before the court are severance motions of all five defendants, Triumph Capital Group, Inc. [“Triumph”], Frederick W. McCarthy [“McCarthy”], Charles B. Spadoni [“Spadoni”], Lisa A. Thiesfield [“Thiesfield”], and Ben F. Andrews [“Andrews”]. Specifically, Andrews seeks to be tried separately from McCarthy, Triumph, Spadoni and Thiesfield [the “Triumph Defendants”] and the Triumph…