As part of that process, Cuomo’s team has said it will submit additional materials to the Assembly Judiciary Committee by the deadline of August 13. Katz also called on the New York state Assembly “to act.” CNN has reported that the Assembly’s impeachment investigation into various allegations of misconduct against Cuomo is close to concluding. To attack this investigation and attempt to undermine and politicize this process takes away from the bravery displayed by these women,” Levy said.Ī “rolling production” of witness interview transcripts following appropriate redactions will be made available to the state assembly, he added.ĭebra Katz, the attorney representing Charlotte Bennett – the second woman to go public with sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo – said Friday that the governor “has made clear he will continue his fight to stay in power, caring not at all about the people he has hurt and the consequences of his actions.” “The independent investigators selected are widely respected professionals, recognized for their legal and investigatory ability. The attorney general’s office responded to the Cuomo team’s claims Friday, saying they “attacked the credibility” of the women who alleged sexual harassment against the governor, as well as the investigation into their claims, according to Fabien Levy, press secretary and senior adviser to James. Glavin also said that Cuomo will address the misconduct allegation from the state trooper, but did not specify when. Glavin told CNN she would have to consult with her client – the governor – to confirm whether or not the state trooper is still on the governor’s security detail. When Glavin was asked by CNN how accusers – including a state trooper on the governor’s protective detail – who are cited in attorney general’s report would be shielded from potential retaliation, the attorney said, “People are not going to be retaliated against by Governor Cuomo.” Cuomo’s attorney Rita Glavin accused the report of being “conducted in a manner to support a predetermined narrative.” Glavin continued: “This was not an exercise in truth-finding.” Paul Fishman, an attorney representing the governor’s office, said James’ office declined to provide a copy of its report to Cuomo’s office and to “the people whose conduct would be discussed” in it before it was publicly released. The governor has denied in testimony that he inappropriately touched the accuser, while facing mounting legal and political pressure, including calls for his resignation or impeachment from office.ĭuring a more than hourlong virtual briefing Friday, Cuomo’s legal team attacked the AG’s report and the process by which it was released. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office has stood by its report released Tuesday, saying Cuomo’s legal team denouncing the process behind it “attacked the credibility of women.” Separately, Cuomo’s attorneys have brushed off the first known criminal report from an accuser filed against him regarding allegations of sexual misconduct. Andrew Cuomo’s legal team on Friday attacked the state attorney general’s report that found he sexually harassed 11 women, after one of those women, who is a staff member for Cuomo, recently filed a criminal complaint against the embattled Democrat with the Albany Sheriff’s Office.
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