Feds to take Summer Off in Westchester Political Corruption Probe?
I will be the first to admit that I have been off in my predictions on when indictments would finally be handed down in the three-year investigation of political corruption in Westchester. I have received several false alarms from my sources.
The biggest factor in no movement in these cases is the fact that there is no U.S. Attorney yet confirmed by the U.S. Senate. President Obama has nominated Preet Bharara, an Indian-American lawyer who is also N.Y. Senator Chuck Schumer’s chief counsel.
Bharara’s ties to Schumer and his Harvard pedigree will get him easily confirmed in the U.S. Sentate, but when is anybody’s guess. One of the many files waiting on his desk is the Westchester corruption probe.
It will be up to Bharara to decide what to do with the case, and until he gets confirmed, nothing will happen; this could easily stretch through the summer and into September.
So we all have to wait some more.
Another tidbit we hear is that there is someone among us in Westchester politics who flipped and gave the Feds evidence, and has now returned to Westchester and is doing business as usual.
Any suspects?
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If the case is ready now, there is no reason not to issue indictments. There is an acting US attorney there, and he has not just stood mute on other cases.
But I suppose it is possible someone put the brakes on in order to give the new US Attorney some glory. The Feds are just as political as some of those they investigate.
It’s also possible the sources are just wrong again. But that said, it would be a shock if indictments came over the summer. The Feds like the headlines, and not enough people pay attention during the summer.
One obvious possible “flipper” is Zehy Jereis, though there could be a few others who also fit that description.
The feds may be taking the summer off.but i have just
learned that the manhattan county da is not!
Question: What makes Sammy Run?
Answer: The Manhattan D.A.