Probe finds 'overwhelming evidence' of misconduct by Cuomo

ALBANY, N.Y. – A legislative probe released Monday recovered “overwhelming evidence” that erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged successful intersexual harassment and ordered authorities workers to assistance nutrient his publication during enactment hours.

The study besides recovered that Cuomo’s enforcement enclosure “substantially revised” a authorities study to exclude deaths of nursing location residents astatine hospitals to boost Cuomo’s reputation.

In March, the Assembly Judiciary Committee hired a Manhattan instrumentality firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, to analyse whether determination were grounds to impeach Cuomo.

Cuomo, a Democrat, resigned successful August to debar a apt impeachment proceedings successful the aftermath of different probe that recovered helium sexually harassed astatine slightest 11 women. That probe was led by 2 autarkic attorneys selected by authorities Attorney General Letitia James, besides a Democrat.

The Assembly investigators said they reviewed that intersexual harassment investigation, arsenic good arsenic astir 600,00 pages of documents gathered by Davis Polk that ranged from photographs to emails to recordings of telephone calls to video recordings.

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Davis Polk investigators didn’t interrogation Cuomo, who alternatively provided written submissions.

Cuomo’s spokesperson, Richard Azzopardi, and lawyer, Rita Glavin, didn’t instantly respond to petition for remark connected the legislative investigation.

Cuomo has denied that helium ever intended to interaction anyone inappropriately and said helium ne'er meant to marque anyone uncomfortable with intersexual remarks.

Cuomo has flat-out denied immoderate allegations, including an enforcement assistant's assertion that helium groped her breasts astatine the governor’s authoritative residence, the Executive Mansion, past winter.

Cuomo has demanded that Assembly investigators manus implicit each their grounds against him, but Judiciary Committee members accidental that Cuomo isn’t entitled to that evidence.

“In the look of an impeachment trial, the erstwhile Governor chose to resign, not to contention the disposable grounds and face witnesses successful that ineligible forum,” the study released Monday said. “Having foregone that opportunity, helium is not entitled to the accumulation of immoderate further grounds from this Committee.”

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Cuomo often released statements pledging practice with the Assembly investigation, but investigators said helium produced lone constricted documents implicit the people of astir six months.

“Nonetheless, astatine nary clip has the erstwhile Governor meaningfully complied with the Committee’s requests oregon cooperated with its investigation,” the study reads.

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