Folks, there are other top notch people who can replace Schneiderman.

[Yavin4]

The investigations will continue. I'm not worried at all. What's with all the doom and gloom?

[njhoneybadger]

1. I always feel this way when I get kicked in the stomach

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's not like he's the only person in the NYAG's office.

In a state that size there will be dozens of assistant/deputy AGs who are doing the actual work and probably know these cases better than Schneiderman does. The AG is the supervisor and the media mouthpiece, but he's not the guy in the trenches. The show will go on.

[Yavin4]

3. The legal talent in NY is among the best in the entire world.

This won't stop a Trump investigation.

[jberryhill]

4. Do you mean to suggest that more than one person is required to prosecute crimes in NY?

My goodness, that would mean there are possibly more than a dozen serious crimes in that state each year!

I shall take note of what a chaotic place it must be.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Why, yes, I do. Oddly, there seems to be an assumption that Schneiderman

is handling all of the state's legal matters all by himself, and that therefore he's totally indispensable. That would be a terrible job. Fortunately that's not how it works.

[jberryhill]

14. The Empire State must be a den of considerable iniquity

...such that it would require the full time attention of more than one person to prosecute crimes which occur there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. I always assumed it was.

[LisaL]

5. There could be a bunch of people who could replace him, but WTF does it matter?

Replacement is selected by the legislature, not by us.

[LenaBaby61]

6. What's with all the doom and gloom?

I have to admit, I was nervous as HELL until I found out that the NY State Legislature was NOT controlled by thuglicans, but by Dems.

So, I'm no longer nervous, because they will replace Schneiderman with someone who will I'm thinking be top-notch who'll continue working with Mueller.

PHEW.

[LisaL]

7. As of now republicans control the senate in New York.

So I am not sure what you think you found out?

[OliverQ]

9. Apparently the AG is picked by the majority of the combined chambers.

Dems have a large majority in the House, which means they have a majority overall.

[LisaL]

10. How does that work?

They all get together as one big happy group?
Or does each pick a candidate?

[Loki Liesmith]

19. They vote as a combined chamber

Is how I read it

[OliverQ]

8. Mueller has been working with Schneiderman for awhile.

This does put the breaks on the investigation for awhile and complicates things.

[yardwork]

13. Apparently, Schneiderman is drunk off his ass most of the time.

I assume that other people in the AG's office are doing the work.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Schneiderman isn't doing all the work, or even most of it.

There's a whole crew of deputy AGs who are doing the actual work - the research, the document reviews, all the stuff lawyers have to do to prepare a case. Schneiderman (or any AG) is the front man but he's not indispensable. The show will go on. The agency has "over 650 Assistant Attorneys General and over 1,700 employees, including forensic accountants, legal assistants, scientists, investigators and support staff serve in the Office of the Attorney General in many locations across New York State." https://ag.ny.gov/our-office

[dewsgirl]

17. Just came from Twitter, lots of people praying somehow

We can get Preet Bahara.

[RockRaven]

18. People too often conflate the person with the office/movement/message

at least it seems so. Believe in the principles, the causes, the goals, not the people.