Posted on 11/23/2009 10:24:07 AM PST by Shellybenoit
NY State is trying to do its best to surpass Illinois in Scandals. According to Bloomberg News NY State Attorney General and President Obama's choice for the next NY Governor, Andrew Cuomo took campaign contributions from law firms defending clients who the AG's office was investigating for wrong-doing.
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, a New York law firm led by David Boies, gave Cuomo $35,000 this year, records show. The firm represents former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg in a civil fraud case the attorney general is pursuing. Lawyers defending Dell Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and a former state political party chief in Cuomo cases also contributed to him, records show.
Cuomo’s campaign ask donors to sign statement saying they have no “matter” pending with the AG's office. The loophole is that rule “does not extend to attorneys representing persons or entities with matters before the NYS Attorney General’s office,” the form states. According to Cuomo's campaign they are mirroring his predecessors’ policies.
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Boies... boies...
Damn that name rings a bell. I know I’ve heard of that shyster somewhere...
Something to do with an election maybe?
Boies has an annoyingly high number of cases where the intent of at least one of the litigants (his client) is to destroy democracy in America.
This shouldn't surprise anyone.
Let’s hope this knock Cuomo out of all future NY politics.
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