admission of theft

Mr. Wilson was also trying to repair damage to the credibility of the Government's principal witnesses, stemming from their admissions of theft and perjury, and a week of name-calling by defense lawyers.

Mr. Cuomo named a replacement for Mr. Biegen, whom he had appointed to a state judicial panel, and said in an interview that he had "nothing bad to say about Mr. Biegen" and that he had been "frankly shocked" to hear of his admissions of theft.