Cuomo Aides Seek Distance from Attorney General Probe

“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing a cascade of misconduct claims earlier this year, dashed off a letter in March directing state Attorney General Tish James to investigate the scandals that were threatening to end his career. When James is done with her work, Cuomo assured the public, everyone will see he had done nothing wrong,” Politico reports.

“James and the outside attorneys she hired to conduct the work appear close to wrapping up the inquiry… But Cuomo’s top aides no longer seem convinced James will deliver the findings their boss had promised and staked his future on. In recent days and weeks, the governor’s communications team has sprinkled comments about any investigation-related news with assertions that James… is using the probe to launch her own run for governor next year.”