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hrmjustin

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Sun Aug 17, 2014, 10:09 AM Aug 2014

No easy answers in prosecutor's probe of Cuomo

MICHAEL VIRTANEN

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — If an investigation finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his staff did indeed meddle with the work of the Moreland anti-corruption commission — blocking investigations and protecting possible targets from scrutiny — what possible charges could result? And who would bring such charges?

The answers, like much about this case that's now in the hands of a federal prosecutor, are not clear-cut, according to legal experts.

For one, as Cuomo himself has asserted, how could he be accused of interfering with a commission that he created and appointed?

And if Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation finds Cuomo's administration violated state law, which is outside Bharara's federal jurisdiction, who would take up the state prosecution?

http://www.fltimes.com/news/state/article_2ddb2b5e-cba1-55a4-a31e-e74a9b937f72.html?mode=jqm

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No easy answers in prosecutor's probe of Cuomo (Original Post) hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP
Alas. No one. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 #1
 

Smarmie Doofus

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1. Alas. No one.
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 11:28 AM
Aug 2014

>>>And if Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation finds Cuomo's administration violated state law, which is outside Bharara's federal jurisdiction, who would take up the state prosecution? >>>>

That's why Bharara's so important.

Both state parties are too corrupt.

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