New York Daily News: "Former Gov. Mario Cuomo is suing a best-selling author for libel, charging that his book makes it appear he corruptly influenced a federal judge.
The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week, seeks $15 million from Greg Palast, author of 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,' and his publisher, Plume, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.
The questionable passage was about a civil racketeering trial involving the Long Island Lighting Co. and its Shoreham nuclear power plant.
'I convinced the government to charge them with civil racketeering, and a jury said they should pay $4.8 billion,' writes Palast, a former investigator for a private firm. 'Then the governor of New York, a slick operator named Mario Cuomo, reached the chief federal judge in New York - and poof - the jury's verdict was thrown out.'"
The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week, seeks $15 million from Greg Palast, author of 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,' and his publisher, Plume, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.
The questionable passage was about a civil racketeering trial involving the Long Island Lighting Co. and its Shoreham nuclear power plant.
'I convinced the government to charge them with civil racketeering, and a jury said they should pay $4.8 billion,' writes Palast, a former investigator for a private firm. 'Then the governor of New York, a slick operator named Mario Cuomo, reached the chief federal judge in New York - and poof - the jury's verdict was thrown out.'"
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