Investigating Corruption in Cuomo's Corruption Investigation

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 24, 2014

A New York Times investigation argues that Governor Cuomo's Moreland Commission came under political pressure to restrict its investigations into statewide corruption. New York Times Albany reporter Thomas Kaplan discusses the revelations and what Moreland set out to do to begin with. Then we talk to David Grandeau, New York's former top lobbying official and an early critic of the Moreland Commision.

As we talk Moreland with @thomaskaplan right now, we'll read from the Cuomo administration's rebuttal--> pic.twitter.com/DspkW6ayyL
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