Preet Bharara
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Trump Administration Fires Prominent Obama-Era Attorney Who Refused To Resign
The Trump administration fired U.S. attorney Preet Bharara, after he refused to step down as requested in a DOJ sweep of all remaining Obama-era attorneys.
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Sessions Asks All Obama-Era U.S. Attorneys To Resign
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked for the resignations of all remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Barack Obama. A U.S. attorney is the chief federal prosecutor in a…
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Bharara Announces Pay-To-Play Charges Involving NY State Pensions
Charges relating to a pay-to-play scheme involving state pension plans were announced by U.S. Attorney General Preet Bharara.
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Possible Clinton Foundation Probes In Little Rock, DC and New York
Joint investigations of Clinton Foundation activities are most likely underway in Little Rock, Arkansas, Washington, D.C. and New York.
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Meet The Prosecutor That Could Take Down The Clinton Foundation
Preet Bharara, dubbed ‘The Showman’, has racked up an impressive number of corruption convictions, and is now focused on the Clinton Foundation.
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The FBI Just Raided Homes of Two Cuomo Associates
A stunning new report indicates that a pair of Cuomo administration associates had their homes raided by FBI agents in a federal corruption probe.
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Breaking: Powerful New York Democrat Sheldon Silver Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison
A little over a year after his arrest on multiple corruption charges, former Assembly Speaker and one of the famed ‘three men in a room’ controlling New York politics, Sheldon…
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Cuomo’s Office Admits Former Top Aide May Have Defrauded the State
In a late Friday evening news dump, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office admitted that former top aide Joseph Percoco and other contractors working closely with his administration may have “deceived” and…
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Guilty! Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and Son Convicted On All Corruption Counts
State Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son were convicted by a Manhattan Federal Court jury on all eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy earlier this afternoon. Skelos, a Republican, had…
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GUILTY! Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Faces Up To 130 Years In Prison
Following a month-long criminal trial, and 10 months after his arrest on multiple corruption charges, former Assembly Speaker and one of the famed ‘three men in a room’ controlling New…
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Cuomo Administration Admits They’re Being Investigated By Feds
It has long been presumed that a federal corruption probe that has brought down several prominent lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in New York, is also investigating Governor…
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Is Corruption Probe Tightening Around Governor Cuomo?
New York Post columnist Fred Dicker claims the latest indictment handed down by U.S. attorney, Preet Bharara, shows that the corruption investigations in New York are moving “a giant step…
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Cuomo, Skelos Choice For Senate Leader Caught In Pay To Play Scheme?
John Flanagan, the Long Island liberal Republican who is being openly forced on the GOP as a replacement for the recently arrested Dean Skelos (R), and who is being supported behind the…
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Bharara to Silver: You’re Lucky We Didn’t Do A Perp Walk
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara responded to Democrat Sheldon Silver’s allegations that he orchestrated a media firestorm surrounding his arrest by implying it could have been worse. Bharara asked a federal…
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Federal Prosecutor: ‘Unfortunate Percentage’ of NY Politicians Are Corrupt
The federal prosecutor that has turned New York politics on its ear claims that an “unfortunate percentage” of politicians in the Empire State are corrupt. Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney…
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Speaker Vote: Assembly Members Vote For Attorney Who Had Silver Arrested
After former Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) was forced to step down due to his arrest on federal corruption charges, the New York State Assembly held a vote to choose his successor…
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Report: Speaker Sheldon Silver Will Be Arrested On Corruption Charges
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) is expected to be arrested on corruption charges at some point today, according to a report from the New York Times. We reported in December…
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Sheldon Silver Being Investigated By Feds
Federal authorities are investigating Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY) over payments he received from a “law firm that seeks real estate tax reductions for commercial and residential properties in New York…
Read More » - 2014 Elections
Letters Threatening Voters Were Written By Cuomo Associate
Last week we reported on a letter that was sent out to over a million Democrat voters that not only shames party members into voting, but includes veiled threats that they better get out…
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New York Times Won’t Endorse Cuomo Because He Failed To Clean Up Albany
With a Democrat primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout looming, the New York Times decided to withhold endorsement for Governor Cuomo, saying he ‘failed to clean up Albany’ and it’s culture…
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Attorney: Cuomo Administration Would Be Prosecuted If Attorney General And DA’s ‘Had the Stones’
An Associated Press article examining the likelihood of Governor Cuomo or those in his administration facing criminal charges in the Moreland scandal, includes a noteworthy quote from prominent Albany attorney…
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RNC Blasts Cuomo While Christie Continues Looking For His Spine
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has jumped into Governor Cuomo’s Moreland scandal, blasting he and commission co-chair Kathleen Rice in a statement, while New Jersey Governor and Chris Christie refuses…
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Tenney: His Actions A Disgrace, Cuomo Should Resign Immediately
A day after being criticized for a lack of coverage into the Governor Andrew Cuomo ethics scandal, CNN has checked in with a report involving the administration lawyering up with…
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Report: Cuomo Aide Intimidated Ethics Panel Members Into Defending Governor, Offered to Write Their Statements
The coordinated defense of Governor Cuomo’s actions during the Moreland scandal were so detailed, that an aide to the governor is said to have personally called several of the commissioner’s…
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Team Cuomo Lawyers Up In Wake of Moreland Scandal
It would appear that while Governor Cuomo laughed at the suggestion that his administration broke laws in their handling of the Moreland scandal, he clearly knew he was in trouble on…
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US Attorney Threatens Cuomo With Witness Tampering Charges
Did it take Governor Cuomo five days to respond to a bombshell report that he had tampered with an ethics committee because he was coordinating and manipulating a public defense.…
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Bombshell: Multiple Sources Confirm Cuomo’s Office Interfered With Ethics Panel
The New York Times has unearthed several sources who have corroborated stories of Governor Cuomo’s office interfered with the Moreland Commission, an ethics panel set up by the Governor himself, from…
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Corruption Panel Member: May Be a Dozen Criminal Cases Against Lawmakers In NY
A former member of Governor Cuomo’s anti-corruption panel claims that there are anywhere between 10 and 12 potentially criminal cases against lawmakers in New York which require further investigation. Makau…
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GOP Chair Calls For Criminal Investigation Of Governor Cuomo
In response to ballooning concerns that Governor Cuomo and his administration interfered with a state anti-corruption commission, NYS Republican Chairman Ed Cox has called for an ethics and criminal probe.…
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Cuomo Ripped For Disbanding Anti-Corruption Moreland Commission
What is the takeaway lesson from the Moreland Commission debacle? According to the New York Times it’s that when it comes to fighting corruption in Albany, Governor Cuomo can’t be…
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