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The Supreme Court has sided with Joseph Percoco, a former adviser to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said on Thursday that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been applied to imprison him.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former aide of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, who argued that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been used

Cuomo ex-aides Percoco and Kaloyeros could benefit if court is more skeptical of what constitutes a bribe.

A D.C. Circuit judge expressed skepticism Monday over a mining company's bid to undo a lower court order affirming a pension plan's $115 million withdrawal liability penalty against it, while also casting doubts on the pension plan's defense for using low withdrawal-liability discount rates.