Ex-Suffolk DA and aide busted in corruption cover-up scandal sting ask Trump for pardon

A disgraced former Suffolk County District Attorney and his aide, who were both convicted in a high-level corruption scandal, are asking for a pardon from President Trump. Ex-DA Thomas Spota, 84, and Christopher McPartland, 50, the former head of the prosecutor’s corruption bureau both filed petitions for clemency, according to the database for the Department...