Sheriff Says He Charged Cuomo Without Coordinating With Albany D.A.
The New York Times
The district attorney has not committed to prosecuting former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on a sex crime charge, and the decision to file charges independently was unusual in a high-profile case, experts said.
The Albany County sheriff acknowledged on Friday that his office had not coordinated with the county’s district attorney before filing a criminal complaint that charged former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is accused of groping a female aide’s breast last year in the Executive Mansion, with a sex crime.
The move by the sheriff, Craig Apple, to file charges independently of the district attorney was unusual, especially in such a high-profile and explosive investigation, and it raised questions about the viability of the case.
It was still unclear on Friday whether the district attorney, David Soares, whose office said it learned of the complaint from news reports on Thursday, was going to prosecute the charges against the former governor.
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