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Former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, seven others indicted in connection to upstate bribery scandal
New York Daily News ^ | November 22, 2016 | BY Victoria Bekiempis

Posted on 11/22/2016 5:26:34 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

A federal grand jury indicted former Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco Tuesday for allegedly hustling upstate companies that wanted profitable government contracts, prosecutors said.

The feds charged Percoco — Cuomo's ex-executive secretary and campaign manager — with six corruption counts in September.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged seven others in relation to the pay-to-play plot, whom a grand jury also indicted.

They include the onetime honcho of State University of New York Polytchnic Institute, as well as six execs from prominent Upstate firms.

Todd Howe, another Cuomo confidant-turned-lobbyist, secretly copped to corruption charges two days before cops collared Percoco — and said during his plea hearing he had been working with the feds since June.

The 80-page criminal complaint in September revealed Percoco's alleged dirty dealings reached the highest levels of Cuomo's administration. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 201606; 201609; andrewcuomo; corruptdems; corruption; crime; cultureofcorruption; cuomo; newyork; ny2016; percoco; preetbharara
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To: HarleyLady27

I didn’t forget :)

No elected office for either of us!

Though local Staten Island office wouldn’t be affected.

Maybe you’d be OK locally too :)


21 posted on 11/22/2016 6:26:21 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

...in UTAH...with these Mormons??? ROFL...


22 posted on 11/22/2016 6:29:39 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
A federal grand jury indicted former [you-know-who] for allegedly hustling upstate companies that wanted profitable government contracts

Sounds pretty familiar if you do a name substitution, and you-know-who even hustled entire governments for favorable treatment, but so far, no prosecution.

23 posted on 11/22/2016 6:37:42 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

So usually when I see stories with names but no political affiliations I assume the press is covering for Democrats. For those of us who aren’t familiar with those particular local politicians can someone confirm or deny my bias?


24 posted on 11/22/2016 11:48:58 PM PST by DeltaZulu
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Plenty of time for pardons then.


25 posted on 11/22/2016 11:52:12 PM PST by itsahoot (Three words I don't want to hear is Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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