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| Andrew Cuomo faces allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. |
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Again, the extreme partisans are racing to their corners on this #MeToo movement.
There are accusations of sexual harassment against the Democratic governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. The junk food media is now covering the allegations against him.
We are reminded that former president Donald J. Trump, President Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson, Sean "Screwball" Hannity, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Bill O'Reilly, former president Bill Clinton, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and countless others are facing allegations.
The Biden accuser has a shady past and they are using her as an expert. Alexandra Tara Reade McCabe Moulton weighs in this controversy against Cuomo.
So the allegations come from two women who accused the governor of inappropriate comments while in office.
Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, also maintained that he never inappropriately touched or propositioned anyone, denying the allegation of a former aide that he had kissed her on the lips after a one-on-one briefing.
The governor's statement capped a whirlwind 24 hours that began with a new accusation on Saturday of sexual harassment and growing calls from prominent New York Democrats for an independent investigation into the allegations. His efforts to guide that process also unraveled after the state attorney general, Letitia James, rejected Cuomo's proposal that she and the New York's chief judge jointly select an independent attorney to conduct "a thorough and independent review" of the claims against him. Instead, James insisted that the process be free from any perception of interference by the governor or his allies. To do that, she said, her office requested an official referral that would provide the investigation -- which will be handled by an outside law firm -- subpoena power.
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| Second accuser came forward this week. |
The claims against Cuomo that will be investigated include one that emerged Saturday evening in an article in The New York Times. Charlotte Bennett, a 25-year-old former executive assistant and health policy adviser to Cuomo, told the newspaper that during one of several uncomfortable encounters, Cuomo asked her questions about her sex life during a conversation in his State Capitol office and said he was open to relationships with women in their 20s.
A separate allegation was made by Lindsey Boylan, another former Cuomo aide, who wrote a detailed post on Medium last week about her own claims of sexual harassment against Cuomo, which his aides have said are untrue.
Boylan alleged in the Medium post that Cuomo invited her to "play strip poker" during a 2017 flight on his taxpayer-funded jet while another aide was seated beside her and a state trooper behind her. In 2018, Boylan said, Cuomo stunned her by kissing her on the lips after a one-on-one briefing on economic and infrastructure projects in his New York City office.
Cuomo denied Boylan's allegations in a December news conference when she first made them.
In a statement released by the governor's press secretary on Wednesday, four other people said they were on October flights with her and that "this conversation did not happen."
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| First accuser posted her allegations on social media platform Medium. |
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has opened an investigation into the matter and will appoint an independent special counsel.
Quick question: Why aren't these accusers hiring lawyers?
Second, why are they posting their accusations on social media instead of hiring a lawyer?
Again, the benefit of doubt is now being enforced with accusers and accused. I am not making a blanket statement of guilt or innocence anymore. Given that the junk food media is quick to run these stories and drive ratings and partisan rancor, the real victims are actually being sexually harassed. The real victims are being wrongly accused by an allegation. The real victims are often shamed to silence. The real victims regardless of the claim being proven false are still guilty as sin.
So no I am going to take a cautious approach to all allegations of sexual abuse and harassment.
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