U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara rebutted criticism today of his high-profile speeches and media spots at a Fordham University symposium organized by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2014 primary challenger, law professor Zephyr Teachout, according to an article in the New York Observer.
Mr. Bharara told the filled room at the law school’s Lincoln Center campus that his public denunciations of Albany’s “culture of corruption” are intended to raise awareness of the ethics dilemmas facing the state government, to deter potential bad actors and to encourage well-intentioned public officials to push back against the problem.
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