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Emboldened By Silver Conviction, Bharara To Indict Cuomo Jan 2nd
Buffalo Chronicle ^ | December 1, 2015

Posted on 12/02/2015 2:20:14 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

United States Attorney Preet Bharara feels emboldened, sources say, following the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- on all of seven corruption charges. Despite lacking a 'smoking gun' to constitute an explicit quid pro quo, the jury handed Bharara a sweeping win. Such is the public's appetite for corrupt politicians, observers say.

Three sources are confirming that Bharara intends to indict Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 2nd -- along with a half dozen associates and former staffers -- on public corruption, racketeering, conspiracy, and honest services fraud.

The Chronicle is unable to confirm widespread rumors that the former staffers are Howard Glaser, Joe Percoco and Larry Schwartz.

Glaser resigned in June of last year as Director of State Operations and was thought to be Cuomo's top aide. Percoco left a $175,000 salary with the Governor on October 25th of this year, and was known as Cuomo's 'political enforcer.'

Schwartz was caught up in the Moreland Commission scandal. He is thought to be guilty of obstruction of justice for actions he took in the hours immediately following Bharara's confiscation of Moreland Commission documents.

One of the three sources -- a longtime Albany insider -- says that there are at least three additional targets of the investigation, likely to include Alain Kaloyeros, the head of SUNY Polytech who, at $800,000 per annum, is the highest paid state employee.

The other two men are said to be from Buffalo and have been 'involved in the Administration's economic development deals in particularly unseemly ways,' but the source would not elaborate.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bharara; cuomo; silver; skelos
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I hope this is true.
1 posted on 12/02/2015 2:20:14 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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This would be great.


2 posted on 12/02/2015 2:22:23 PM PST by doug from upland (Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been worse)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Democrat appointed by Obama.


3 posted on 12/02/2015 2:24:37 PM PST by doug from upland (Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been worse)
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Indicting Cuomo on January 2nd? Why wait? Get 'er done now.
4 posted on 12/02/2015 2:25:18 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

THAT would make a Great Christmas present!! I REALLY wanted Hillary’s indictment, but I’ll settle for the Cuomo’s!


5 posted on 12/02/2015 2:26:53 PM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Stay away from parks, Preet..............


6 posted on 12/02/2015 2:28:39 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

RE-OPEN the MORELAND COMMISION


7 posted on 12/02/2015 2:29:59 PM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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They should have gotten his father, Mario, when he was alive. If true, better late than never.


8 posted on 12/02/2015 2:30:59 PM PST by CdMGuy
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This is a bizarre story. Cuomo set up the Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in New York State government, then shut it down when he didn’t like where it was leading. So the members of the commission who were doing the investigating got all p!ssed off and turned over all their evidence to the Federal prosecutor ... and that’s where it all began.


9 posted on 12/02/2015 2:31:46 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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This would be great.

The fish rots from the head. But giant racketeering organizations, like the dumbocrap "party" and other organized crime are brought down from the bottom up. Little fish giving up bigger ones. Como would be a fine catch.


10 posted on 12/02/2015 2:34:59 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: doug from upland

Count of the word “Democrat” in the article: 0.0000.


11 posted on 12/02/2015 2:38:05 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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Throw in Deblasio and Bloomberg and it will be a grand slam


12 posted on 12/02/2015 2:49:15 PM PST by Bob434
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Please sweet Jesus, let this be true.
An early Christmas present to upstate NY


13 posted on 12/02/2015 2:50:39 PM PST by pgobrien (When are men most useless would say? When they can't command and they can't obey.)
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Perhaps the beginning of a good trend in law enforcement.


14 posted on 12/02/2015 2:53:02 PM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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An honest, Democrat DA, getting a Democrat politician convicted for corruption. To paraphrase Archer, isn’t that sort of like finding a live unicorn, at the corner of State and Madison, in Chicago?


15 posted on 12/02/2015 3:01:29 PM PST by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR Governor.


16 posted on 12/02/2015 3:07:55 PM PST by House Atreides (Cruz or lose! Do TG & Boogieman have to be asses every day?)
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The Left eating their own. Love it.


17 posted on 12/02/2015 3:48:44 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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They should have gotten his father, Mario, when he was alive.

Dig him up and indict him too!

18 posted on 12/02/2015 4:15:44 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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What a way to start off the New Year. Cuomo in jail with no “Get of of jail Free” card. At least Sheldon Silver will have some Democrat friends to talk to.


19 posted on 12/02/2015 4:44:18 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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This guy, Bharara, is a pit bull. Good for him. He should nail Andy Cuomo, than dig up Andy's dad and convict him too.

"Mario! Azendeme! Tu se proveno Sfaccime!"

20 posted on 12/02/2015 4:53:42 PM PST by dead ("I'm up to my eyeball in virgin goats!" - Mullah Omar)
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