Governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo He lashed out at a reporter who asked his lawyers who claimed that they discredited one of his accusers at a press conference about Hurricane Henry on Saturday-just days before he was leaving after announcing his resignation.
The reporter asked about the claim of Rita Glavin, Como’s lawyer, who said on Friday She has information about the credibility of Charlotte Bennett, One of the women accused the governor of sexual misconduct. According to WTEN-TV, Glavin will not specify what the information is.
The Democrat Cuomo dismissed the issue, saying that he “does not want to enter Albany politics.” Instead, he insisted on answering only questions about Hurricane Henry. Sunday brings heavy rain, strong winds and storms to Long Island.
He said: “If you think justice is about accepting a person’s complaint without an investigation, no credibility decision, and no review of that person’s past behavior, then you don’t know what the judicial system is.” “You have never met. In such a situation, you just repeat the complaint without investigating it, and you don’t say whether the law applies to them.”
He added: “This is not justice. This is a bulletin board for complaints.”
“The justice is, I heard the complaint, and everyone is welcome to stand up. This requires courage and courage. But we need to know the facts,” he told reporters. “I can complain to you today, maybe it’s true. Maybe not. But that’s why they are investigating.”
Less than a month after New York’s Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement, Cuomo will step down on Tuesday. Report found that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women And violated federal and state laws. James said at a press conference on August 3 that her findings paint a “deeply disturbing but clear picture.”
Cuomo announced his resignation on August 10. Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will succeed him on Tuesday.
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Lavine stated in a joint statement on Monday: The final report of the investigation. In the process, the committee will take all measures to take appropriate measures to ensure that this work does not interfere with the various investigations of the nursing home data being conducted by the US attorney; the attorney general’s memoirs on the governor; and five judicial Local law enforcement agencies in jurisdictions-Manhattan, Albany, Westchester, Nassau, and Oswego-on possible criminal incidents of sexual misconduct.”
Heastie announced on August 13 that the state legislature was pause The impeachment investigation of Cuomo after the governor’s resignation.Some Democratic Party, However, there is Insist that Cuomo still needs to be impeached So as not to seek a job in the future.
David Di Delgado/Getty Images
Cuomo tells New York Magazine August 13 He could have won any impeachment proceedings after the report, But he said that he did not want to “drag the state into the mud, after three or four months of impeachment, and then win, making the state assembly and the state government look like a fool’s boat.”
“Everything I did in my life was the complete opposite. I wouldn’t do that,” he said. “I’m not a martyr. It’s just that I saw option A, option B.”
Weekly newspaper Contacted Cuomo’s office on Saturday for comments, but received no response from the publication. This story will be updated with any response.
