A report issued by New York state Inspector General Joseph Fisch reveals a startling level of corruption within the Democratic establishment that currently leads the state. It all focuses on a contract to run a casino, the contract being worth potentially billions of dollars.

An eight-month probe by state Inspector General Joseph Fisch of one of the largest-ever state contracts — a 30-year franchise to run a downstate casino worth potentially billions of dollars — reveals an almost breathtaking array of abuses by top Democratic officials controlling the legislative and executive branches.

Those include: leaking of confidential bidding information to a favored company, potential bid-rigging, pay-to-play campaign donations, arm twisting by dozens of lobbyists and an indifference to facts that all resulted in a “political free-for-all” across the highest reaches of state government.

To cap it off, on the night the lucrative contract was awarded, a who’s who of Democratic lawmakers partied at a “victory” bash at the home of one of the winning bidder’s lobbyists, who also happens to be a former state senator.

Among those implicated: Governor David Paterson, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The report also singles out key members of the Democratic leadership of the state senate.

Inspector General Fisch has handed over the information over to the U.S. Attorney’s office for potential criminal charges. Fisch says a number of lawmakers and staffers may have “stretched the truth” during testimony.

The New York Times reports:

The report painted a picture of a state led by Senate Democrats with little apparent interest in serving the public honestly and forthrightly, a Democratic Assembly speaker engaging in political gamesmanship and a Democratic governor disengaged to the point that his own staff withheld crucial information from him and called him a liar in internal e-mails.

In case you’re wondering whether this is a politically-motivated report, that’s quite unlikely. Inspector General Fisch is a Democratic appointee.

Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General and a top Democrat in New York, is running for governor largely on a platform of cleaning up corruption. But Cuomo had little to say about the report implicating his party. He said it would be inappropriate to comment on the specific matter and that he has yet to read the full report.