Et tu, Andrew?
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Seems like only a few months ago that there was a fierce urgency for impeachment.
Now? Not so much
The impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo will likely take “months” to complete because there are so many allegations against him, the head of the Assembly Judiciary Committee said Tuesday.
“Given the breadth and seriousness of the issues under investigation, we expect that the timing will be in terms of months, rather than weeks,” committee Chairman Charles Lavine (D-Long Island) said during the panel’s first meeting on the matter.
Lavine said he’d served a notice of “non-retaliation” on Cuomo’s office in a bid to prevent intimidation of witnesses to the governor’s alleged wrongdoing.
What? An investigation?
Evidence?
How quaint.
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@doctor-phibes said in Et tu, Andrew?:
First, I'll point out that I met my wife at work, and having made a complete arse out of myself with her on a work pub crawl, I somehow, for reasons I can still not fully understand, ended up getting her to agree to go out with me.
The problem with Cuomo, and with many situations, is that the person making the move is often the person in power. If a man in power is making all the running, it can be quite difficult to smack him down. It's bad enough when the power play is not sexual in nature.
Guys with power and money have been getting laid more than the rest of us, since time began. I have no problem with it. Seems like many women find power and money to be powerful aphrodisiacs.
The problem comes when a man (or woman) uses his position as a cudgel to get what he wants. The person on the receiving end of his "affections" should have the power to say "No", without any negative repercussions.
As an example, if Cuomo was actually hitting on some SYT and she shut that off like twisting a faucet handle, the sexual harassment line is crossed whenever her dismissal of his overtures has any negative effects upon her job or career. Or if he persists after being firmly rejected. Now, I know that's not the definition of sexual harassment as contained within the law...That definition is anything perceived by the recipient as sexual harassment is sexual harassment. IMO, that definition is too broad, along with being unfair and essentially unworkable.
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Another woman:
A woman accusing Gov. Cuomo of grabbing her face and kissing her without her consent is slated to come forward Monday afternoon, adding to the growing number of sexual misconduct claims against the embattled governor.
Attorney Gloria Allred will hold a press conference with the woman at 2:30 p.m. The woman, who is married, will detail how she “was shocked when the Governor suddenly grabbed her face and kissed her in front of her home,” according to a press release.
Allred added that there is a photo of the kiss that will be provided during the briefing. -
Cuomo violated federal, state laws as he sexually harassed multiple women, NY attorney general says
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women and then retaliated against a former employee who complained publicly about his conduct, according to a bombshell report released Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James.
The monthslong probe concluded that Cuomo “sexually harassed multiple women, and in doing so violated federal and state law,” James said at a press conference. Her office noted, however, that there were no specific penalties tied to the report.
The 165-page report, which comprises interviews with 179 witnesses and a review of tens of thousands of documents, also said that Cuomo’s office was riddled with fear and intimidation, and was a hostile work environment for many staffers.
Cuomo harassed members of his own staff, members of the public and other state employees, one of whom was a state trooper, the report alleges. He engaged in nonconsensual groping, kissing and hugging, and made inappropriate comments toward numerous women, according to the report.
The findings reveal “a deeply disturbing, yet clear, picture,” James said, describing Cuomo’s office as “a toxic workplace.”
Cuomo’s office did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the attorney general’s report.
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I can't believe this guy's still clinging to power.
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@doctor-phibes said in Et tu, Andrew?:
I can't believe this guy's still clinging to power.
He's a Democrat. Different rulebook.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@doctor-phibes said in Et tu, Andrew?:
I can't believe this guy's still clinging to power.
He's a Democrat. Different rulebook.
Different from the one being used by Matt Gaetz?
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@doctor-phibes said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@jolly said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@doctor-phibes said in Et tu, Andrew?:
I can't believe this guy's still clinging to power.
He's a Democrat. Different rulebook.
Different from the one being used by Matt Gaetz?
Damn right.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Education is extremely important.
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@horace said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@george-k said in Et tu, Andrew?:
Biden just called for his resignation.
Courageous leadership.
In fairness to Biden, when these allegations surfaced, he as appropriately noncommittal. He didn't want to make a statement or pass judgment until the investigation was complete.
Now it is, and he's following up on that, to
thehis creditof his handlers."Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@horace said in Et tu, Andrew?:
@george-k said in Et tu, Andrew?:
Biden just called for his resignation.
Courageous leadership.
In fairness to Biden, when these allegations surfaced, he as appropriately noncommittal. He didn't want to make a statement or pass judgment until the investigation was complete.
Now it is, and he's following up on that, to
thehis creditof his handlers.Well played, handlers. Well played.
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Et tu, Chris?
A veteran TV news executive says CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005.
Shelley Ross said in an opinion piece in The New York Times on Friday that Chris Cuomo, who had formerly reported to her at ABC News, greeted her with a bear hug “while lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock” while she was at a party with her husband.
Ross said Cuomo told her, “I can do this now that you’re no longer my boss,” and she responded, “No you can’t,” pushing him off while stepping back to reveal her husband, who had witnessed the episode.
Cuomo sent an email shortly afterward saying he was “ashamed.” He mentioned a celebrity who had been arrested for similar behavior recently, and apologized to Ross and her husband.
Asked for comment, Cuomo told the Times, “As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature. It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC. I apologized to her then, and I meant it.”
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A legislative investigation released Monday found “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and ordered state workers to help produce his book during work hours.
The report also found that Cuomo’s executive chamber “substantially revised” a state report to exclude deaths of nursing home residents at hospitals to boost Cuomo’s reputation.
In March, the Assembly Judiciary Committee hired a Manhattan law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, to investigate whether there were grounds to impeach Cuomo.
Cuomo, a Democrat, resigned in August to avoid a likely impeachment trial in the wake of another investigation that found he sexually harassed at least 11 women. That investigation was led by two independent attorneys selected by state Attorney General Letitia James, also a Democrat.
The Assembly investigators said they reviewed that sexual harassment investigation, as well as about 600,00 pages of documents gathered by Davis Polk that ranged from photographs to emails to recordings of phone calls to video recordings.
Heh. The assembly investigators: "LOLGF."
Cuomo has demanded that Assembly investigators hand over all their evidence against him, but Judiciary Committee members say that Cuomo isn’t entitled to that evidence.
“In the face of an impeachment trial, the former Governor chose to resign, not to contest the available evidence and confront witnesses in that legal forum,” the report released Monday said. “Having foregone that opportunity, he is not entitled to the production of any further evidence from this Committee.”
