He returned in 1976 to head an inquiry into a charge by a former special prosecutor, Maurice H. Nadjari, that Governor Hugh L. Carey had tried to dismiss him because he had been investigating high-level Democrats.
After a hiatus in 1976, he resumed an inquiry into allegations made by former special prosecutor Maurice H. Nadjari that Governor Hugh L. Carey sought to remove him from office because of his investigations into prominent Democrats.