Sentences with phrase «pursue public corruption cases»

For example, there could be discussion of granting the attorney general blanket prosecutorial jurisdiction to pursue public corruption cases against elected or appointed government officials.

Cuomo's proposal will empower district attorneys across the state to pursue public corruption cases.

Local district attorneys have shown little inclination to pursue public corruption cases.

But Bharara himself — who is making headlines probing a real estate deal involving the administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and successfully prosecuted leaders of both the state Assembly and Senate — has suggested he would continue to be active in pursuing public corruption cases.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office has aggressively pursued public corruption cases, noted the extraordinary moment in New York politics.

Not exact matches

Other critics charge the 11 - member commission, which would have appointees from the governor and leaders of the state Legislature, would discourage prosecutors from pursuing cases of public corruption.

But Cuomo was limited because he lacked full powers to police public corruption, as state law dictates the A.G. can only pursue a small class of cases.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

Bharara, a former chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer, served for seven years and pursued high - profile cases against Wall Street tycoons accused of insider trading and elected officials and their aides accused of public corruption.

That case — one of his very first as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan — foreshadowed a theme that Mr. Bharara harped on throughout his tenure pursuing a host of public corruption, terrorism, civil rights and Wall Street cases: Politics and prosecution do not mix.