Embattled state Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn is set to turn himself in to authorities today after being ensnared in a bribery scandal involving former colleague-turned-rat Shirley Huntley, sources said.
Sampson told his aides over the weekend that he was preparing to surrender to the feds, reaching out to staffers to give them the news, the sources said.
The move comes after authorities last week revealed that wiretaps show an unnamed state senator — whom sources identified to The Post as Sampson — allegedly helped broker an illicit deal between Huntley and a cargo company at JFK Airport in March 2012.
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As The Post revealed Saturday, the federal probe into allegedly crooked Queens and Brooklyn pols has already led to other investigations into Sampson and US Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens).
According to sources, Sampson had approached Huntley — then a Democratic state senator from Queens — to intercede with the Port Authority to land the company more airport rental space. Huntley did — and netted a $1,000 bribe for her efforts, the feds said.
Sampson's lawyer, Zachary Carter, did not respond to requests for comment yesterday.
Sampson, 47, the former Senate Democratic majority leader, is already being probed by the feds as part of another investigation involving Meeks and $40,000 that Meeks received from shady real-estate broker Edul Ahmad.
Sources say Sampson also took money from Ahmad — who pleaded guilty in October in a separate, $14 million mortgage-fraud scheme.
Sampson worked as a real-estate lawyer for Ahmad.
The feds also have been said to be examining Sampson's fund-raising.
After the feds got on to Huntley, she agreed to wear a wire to win leniency. She wore the bug between June and August.
She wound up recording nine people, including Sampson and six other elected officials, a consultant and a staffer, according to sources and court documents.
Huntley, 74, has copped to funneling more than $87,000 in taxpayer funds to a bogus charity and then using the money to splurge on lavish shopping trips with pal and state Assemblywoman Vivian Cook, who has not yet been charged with any wrongdoing.
Huntley faces up to two years in jail as part of a plea deal.
mitchel.maddux@nypost.com
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