Corruption Endemic to State Governments
Posted 12-27-2019 at 05:31 AM by jbgusa
Corruption Endemic to State Governments
New York State has, with great fanfare, established anti-corruption commissions and special prosecutors; and abandoned them. In 1972, Maurice Nadjari was appointed as special prosecutor to investigate high-level corruption in New York, In 1975 Hugh Carey, then governor, abruptly dismissed him. Nadjari said, in response to the dismissal of questionable legality:
In July 2013 Governor Andrew Cuomo created the Moreland Commission, the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption. In April 2014 he abruptly closed it. Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney stated at the time:
Politicians are great at announcing initiatives against corruption. They get cold feet when it is exposed. And living in a high-tax state I resent the squandering of my money.
New York State has, with great fanfare, established anti-corruption commissions and special prosecutors; and abandoned them. In 1972, Maurice Nadjari was appointed as special prosecutor to investigate high-level corruption in New York, In 1975 Hugh Carey, then governor, abruptly dismissed him. Nadjari said, in response to the dismissal of questionable legality:
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Originally Posted by Maurice Nadjari
(link to source) But consider who sits in the upper reaches of the system and who are the critics? They are a small band of franchised corrupters who manipulate all of us. They include some judges, but not all judges; some elected officials, but not all elected officials; some politicians, but not all politicians; and some appointed public officers, but not all appointed public officers.
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To. ' date, ' I have indicted 296 of those individuals, corrupt public servants and "corrupters' well, and convicted 76 of them. Presently my ' office has 500 sensitive investigations; painstaking and time-consuming investigations that take into account every suspect's , civil liberties, from the time an allegation is received until the time he is tried by a jury. The closer I get to those remaining-the hard core and .I tell you that I am close, closer than' I've ever been before. the ' greater the abuse to which I am subjected.
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To. ' date, ' I have indicted 296 of those individuals, corrupt public servants and "corrupters' well, and convicted 76 of them. Presently my ' office has 500 sensitive investigations; painstaking and time-consuming investigations that take into account every suspect's , civil liberties, from the time an allegation is received until the time he is tried by a jury. The closer I get to those remaining-the hard core and .I tell you that I am close, closer than' I've ever been before. the ' greater the abuse to which I am subjected.
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Originally Posted by Preet Bharara
(link to source) “The sequence of these events gives the appearance, although I am sure this is not the intent, that investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders,”
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