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.
This would be great.
Democrat appointed by Obama.
THAT would make a Great Christmas present!! I REALLY wanted Hillary’s indictment, but I’ll settle for the Cuomo’s!
Stay away from parks, Preet..............
RE-OPEN the MORELAND COMMISION
They should have gotten his father, Mario, when he was alive. If true, better late than never.
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.
Count of the word “Democrat” in the article: 0.0000.
Throw in Deblasio and Bloomberg and it will be a grand slam
Please sweet Jesus, let this be true.
An early Christmas present to upstate NY
Perhaps the beginning of a good trend in law enforcement.
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?
Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR Governor.
The Left eating their own. Love it.
Dig him up and indict him too!
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.
"Mario! Azendeme! Tu se proveno Sfaccime!"
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