Sentences with phrase «control special investigations»

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The recent news that Trump attempted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller sometime in June is but the latest in a steady stream of revelations since January of last year that suggest that the president sought to control — and often curtail — the scope and direction of the investigation.

In recent days Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly engaged two of the massive transportation agencies he controls on hot button topics, demanding in an open letter that the MTA act to address a recent spike in sexual assaults reported as occurring on the New York City subway system and demanding answers from the Port Authority on a report that NYPD officials ensnared in a corruption investigation arranged for a special escort, with a lane closure, through the Lincoln Tunnel.

The sponsors of the special investigation legislation in a legislative memo said placing such control in Schneiderman's office would have put investigations of police - related deaths in the hands of a comparatively independent entity and not a local district attorney.

They also talk about the ongoing investigation of senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, the search for a new state comptroller, and the special election in Long Island which could bring Democrats within two votes of controlling the New York Assembly.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Thursday dropped his objections to having a special prosecutor take over his investigation of Eric Schneiderman — and said he lashed out at Gov. Cuomo in part because he was frustrated at losing control of the probe.