Scott Pruitt, now the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, achieved a level of prominence as Oklahoma’s attorney general by filing 14 lawsuits against the agency he now leads. There is no sign that the direction of Mr. Schneiderman’s former office will change. The state legislature is likely to choose Mr. Schneiderman’s replacement, and Democrats currently have the strongest influence in the Assembly. In the wake of scandal, the shock to staff members is keenly felt, but “after a day, the assistant A. G.s will get back to work,” Mr. Tierney said. In fact, he said, cases might proceed more smoothly without Mr. Schneiderman, whose tendency to garner publicity for himself could be a distraction.

Source: New York Times May 09, 2018 21:33 UTC