There is a lot of speculation about this in the comments:
1. Silver had something on Cuomo, and would not go down by himself.
2. The investigation was getting a little too close to Cuomo’s activities.
3. Cuomo didn’t want to be seen taking down Silver, so he pretended to close the commission, but actually turned the information over to the Feds for action.
Thx. I doubt it’s number 3 but I would love to know more.
Cuomo turned nothing over to Bharat voluntarily. It was requested with promise of a public subpoena if withheld. I am in a state of shock that the US Atty for the Southern District would do this to a Democrat like Shelly with Holder still AG. I’ve read the charges and unless Shelly’s lawyers are miracle workers, he’s toast and this will spill over to Andrew because nothing happens at this level in Albany without the Governor knowing about it. It would be for the best to have the US Atty indict the whole legislature and executive. The state would run better with an entirely new cast of characters, at least for a year or so