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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 04:30 PM Apr 2021

Comptroller DiNapoli requests AG James investigate Cuomo's book deal

Source: NY 1

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli last week requested Attorney General Letitia James launch an investigation into whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo used state resources when writing his book about the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

The letter from DiNapoli to James grants her office the authority to investigate the circumstances surrounding the book's development, editing and promotion and whether any government resources were used.

Rich Azzopardi, a senior advisor to Cuomo, denounced the letter as politically motivated.

“We have officially jumped the shark – the idea there was criminality involved here is patently absurd on its face and is just the furthering of a political pile-on," he said. "Any state official who volunteered to assist on this project did so on his or her own time and without the use of state resources. To the extent a document was printed, it was incidental. This is Albany politics at its worst -- both the Comptroller and the Attorney General have spoken to people about running for Governor and it is unethical to wield criminal referral authority to further political self-interest?.”


Read more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/04/19/comptroller-dinapoli-requests-ag-james-investigate-cuomo-s-book-deal



I guess he has an "agenda"?
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Comptroller DiNapoli requests AG James investigate Cuomo's book deal (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2021 OP
Still trying greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #1
🤪 gee what motivated THIS accusation? Budi Apr 2021 #2
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. 🤪 gee what motivated THIS accusation?
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 04:55 PM
Apr 2021

.."both the Comptroller and the Attorney General have spoken to people about running for Governor and it is unethical to wield criminal referral authority to further political self-interest?.”

Sure sounds like an agenda! Yup...

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