He might also do something he should have done during his first 100 days: form an Executive Branch task force comprised of prosecutors from the Department of Justice, investigators from the Internal Revenue Service, examiners from the FDIC and the SEC, and put a federal hammer down on those big banks.
In Honolulu, a task force of F.B.I. agents, prosecutors, immigration and customs officials and interpreters boarded the ship and interviewed the crew, all believed to be Chinese citizens.
The Cuomo administration contends that the new agency would provide vulnerable populations with a dedicated force of investigators and prosecutors who can handle often-complicated cases involving victims who in many cases cannot speak.
Much of that is a function of the investigative process, which doesn't allow for a lot of gray area: Under Graham v. Connor, a crucial 1989 Supreme Court that relates to use of force by officers, prosecutors must judge an officer's actions based on the perspective of "a reasonable officer" on the scene.
To arrest the suspects prematurely is to run the risks of acquittal, of forcing prosecutors to advocate and courts to accept overly broad interpretations of existing criminal statutes, and perhaps of arresting innocent people.
"The very foundation of every civilized government from the first beginning of history down to the present time has been based absolutely upon force of arms," the prosecutor argued.
In all states, the definition of where the line is drawn is "reasonable" force, with prosecutors or juries left to decide on what constitutes reasonable.
When the settlement was reached last February, President Obama pledged to follow up with an expanded inquiry into mortgage fraud to be conducted by a task force of state and federal prosecutors and other law enforcement officials.
Instead, he worked with the Department of Justice to conduct a review of his own force after federal prosecutors declined to charge Manney.
The charges against Mr. Bemba are linked to the actions of this force, which prosecutors say went on a rampage around villages, raping, looting and killing civilians.
An indictment has now accused Mr Zengin of using excessive force, and prosecutors are demanding he be dismissed from the force and sent to prison for up to three years on the grounds that no warning was issued prior to the incident, Turkish news agencies reported.
