Former anti-corruption co-chairman: Two dozen potential investigations handed over to US attorney

[hrmjustin]

KEN LOVETT

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, a co-chairman of Gov. Cuomo's now defunct anti-corruption commission, said Thursday that the panel handed over "about two dozen" potential investigations to US Attorney Preet Bharara after the plug was pulled on its work.

Asked during an online chat held by Syracuse Newspapers if any of the files would lead the feds to investigate Cuomo or Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Fitzpatrick indicated it's unlikely.

"We turned over about two dozen potential investigations to the U.S. Attorney," he wrote. "None of them involved the speaker directly, and none of them involved the governor."

He added that "I'd still like to know what the speaker does for his $400,000 retainer."


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[hrmjustin]

1. Interesting article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/nyregion/cuomo-and-panel-he-shut-differ-on-its-independence.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0