One of the attorneys has a history with Mr. Cuomo: Mr. Kim was chief counsel to Preet Bharara, the previous U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York, when the office was investigating Mr. Cuomos decision in 2014 to dissolve the Moreland Commission, an anticorruption panel.In 2017, Mr. Kim became acting U.S. lawyer for 10 months when President Donald J. Trump required Mr. Bharara out of workplace. During that time, Mr. Kim was included in the pretrial preparation in the prosecution of Joseph Percoco, a former close assistant of the governor who was convicted of federal corruption charges in 2018. The allegations versus Mr. Cuomo, as well as the results of the resulting investigations, might affect his possibilities of winning a fourth term, as challengers– both Democratic and Republican– consider running versus him.But Mr. Cuomo has actually continued to attract donors: On Thursday, ahead of a filing due date, his campaign disclosed it had more than $18 million on hand, after raising $2.5 million over the past six months.

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