Bharara: Moreland documents didn't help Skelos prosecution

Although it drew much media attention, the anti-corruption Moreland Commission had no apparent role in the indictment of Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), whose trial is scheduled to get underway today.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo launched, then shuttered, the commission before it went very far in its assignment to investigate state politics. It later turned over its files to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

The prosecutor, in a recent court filing, noted that a grand jury began looking at Skelos before his office received the Moreland documents — “none of which are helpful” in the Skelos probe, he said.