Dateline Jan 21, 2012---Then-U.S. Pres Obama is greeted by NYAG Eric Schneiderman as he leaves Air Force One after landing at Albany Intl Airport in upstate Colonie, NY. (Lori Van Buren / Albany Times Union)
No sooner had Schneiderman been named by Obama in his 2012 SOTU address to lead a mortgage abuse unit to investigate and redress the perceived wrongs committed by Wall Street in connection with the sub-prime mortgage crisis, Schneiderman fired his first shot, filing a suit alleging that several major banks and a mortgage registration service engaged in fraudulent foreclosures. Billions in settlements were handed over by Obama to leftist groups like La Raza and Acorn.