Embattled state Sen. Carl Kruger is expected to plead guilty to a raft of corruption charges tomorrow after cutting a deal with the feds, The Post has learned.
A source close to the negotiations said Kruger’s partner and co-defendant, gynecologist Dr. Michael Turano, has also struck a plea bargain and is likewise expected to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court.
It wasn’t clear how much time in the slammer either man would face under terms of the pending agreements.
But a guilty plea from Kruger — who’s expected to admit committing four felonies — would result in the Brooklyn Democrat’s automatic expulsion from the state Senate, where he’s served since 1994.
A spokeswoman for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment, as did lawyers for Kruger and Turano.
Kruger, 62, was busted earlier this year in a five-year, “pay-to-play” scheme in which he allegedly pocketed more than $1 million in payoffs for peddling his influence in Albany.
Court papers say he sponsored legislation, attempted to allocate millions in pork-barrel funds and even wrote a letter to a federal judge in Buffalo in exchange for a “stream of bribes” from real-estate, hospital and beverage-industry interests.
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