jstern
08-03-2021, 01:30 PM
Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state laws by sexually harassing multiple women — including current and former state employees — through actions that included touching their “intimate body parts” without consent, officials said Tuesday.
Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber, officials said.
The blockbuster announcements came during a news conference at which state Attorney General Letitia James said an independent probe she commissioned had found that Cuomo engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and making inappropriate comments.”
James called it “a sad day for New York” and said it was up to Cuomo to decide whether to resign, as has been demanded by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The AG didn’t say anything about referring Cuomo for potential prosecution, but one of the lawyers she hired to conduct the investigation, Anne Clark, noted that the Albany Police Department had already been notified by Cuomo’s office about an accusation that he groped a female aide in his Executive Mansion in Albany last year.
That allegation is the most serious made against him but it’s unclear if the alleged victim has cooperated with cops.
Clark also said the alleged victims were all free to file civil suits against Cuomo.
The sex harassment scandal is also part of wide-ranging impeachment investigation by the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee and Cuomo is under investigation by the FBI and the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office for his handling of nursing homes amid COVID-19 pandemic, including the cover-up of total resident deaths from the disease.
The AG’s probe involved accusations that Cuomo, 63, sexually harassed several current and former female staffers, most of whom are in their 20s or 30s.
Read the rest at https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/ag-to-release-report-on-andrew-cuomo-sex-harass-probe-sources/
He's a piece of shit.
Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber, officials said.
The blockbuster announcements came during a news conference at which state Attorney General Letitia James said an independent probe she commissioned had found that Cuomo engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and making inappropriate comments.”
James called it “a sad day for New York” and said it was up to Cuomo to decide whether to resign, as has been demanded by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The AG didn’t say anything about referring Cuomo for potential prosecution, but one of the lawyers she hired to conduct the investigation, Anne Clark, noted that the Albany Police Department had already been notified by Cuomo’s office about an accusation that he groped a female aide in his Executive Mansion in Albany last year.
That allegation is the most serious made against him but it’s unclear if the alleged victim has cooperated with cops.
Clark also said the alleged victims were all free to file civil suits against Cuomo.
The sex harassment scandal is also part of wide-ranging impeachment investigation by the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee and Cuomo is under investigation by the FBI and the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office for his handling of nursing homes amid COVID-19 pandemic, including the cover-up of total resident deaths from the disease.
The AG’s probe involved accusations that Cuomo, 63, sexually harassed several current and former female staffers, most of whom are in their 20s or 30s.
Read the rest at https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/ag-to-release-report-on-andrew-cuomo-sex-harass-probe-sources/
He's a piece of shit.