Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyer is demanding the summer report alleging he sexually harassed multiple women is corrected, continuing to say the report was biased, misleading, and rushed. “The independent investigation found that Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making inappropriate comments,” said Attorney General Letitia James, revealing the findings of the report in a press conference on Aug. 3. Rita Glavin, Cuomo’s lawyer, is calling the report “flawed” and “unreliable.””It has to be amended, corrected, and supplemented for a number of reasons,” she said Wednesday afternoon. A 150-page application and a cover letter have now been sent to the attorney general’s office, asking for the request and the original report to “truly” be considered independently. “Because of the glaring deficiencies and flaws in that report, which extraordinarily prejudice the governor, ousted him from office, overturned an election, and disenfranchised the votes of 3.6 million New Yorkers, it has to be corrected,” Glavin said.Glavin says when sexual harassment allegations came out against Cuomo in the spring, he sent a referral letter to the AG’s office, asking for an independent law firm to look into the accusations, claiming James’ oversight would pose a political conflict. They believe she had a motivation, and that more recent comments she’s made admit personal involvement. “The attorney general did not abide by the terms of the referral which was meant to limit her involvement because she would not disavow an attempt to run for governor in 2022 against Gov. Cuomo who had already made clear he wanted to run,” Glavin said.Glavin claims the AG chose biased investigators who left information out of the report. “She had a motive to draw every possible inference against the governor who was a political rival and planned to run for a fourth term,” she said. Glavin is also asking the AG’s office to terminate a pending criminal investigation into Cuomo for misuse of state resources, or refer it to a local district attorney’s office, claiming it’s another example of a political motive. She also wants evidence materials used to conduct the August report handed over, which she says she has requested and has not gotten.”That completely handicaps our ability to respond or defend against it,” she said. A spokesperson for the AG’s office responded to the former governor’s attorney. “Another day, another baseless attack by the former governor who resigned so he didn’t have to participate in an impeachment hearing. The most concerning part of today’s charade was the former governor’s attempt to stifle a legal criminal investigation into allegations that he used state resources for a book deal and personal profit. This is not the Moreland Commission, and we will not be bullied into shutting down this investigation like the former governor did with that commission,” the spokesperson said.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyer is demanding the summer report alleging he sexually harassed multiple women is corrected, continuing to say the report was biased, misleading, and rushed.
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“The independent investigation found that Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging, and by making inappropriate comments,” said Attorney General Letitia James, revealing the findings of the report in a press conference on Aug. 3.
Rita Glavin, Cuomo’s lawyer, is calling the report “flawed” and “unreliable.”
“It has to be amended, corrected, and supplemented for a number of reasons,” she said Wednesday afternoon.
A 150-page application and a cover letter have now been sent to the attorney general’s office, asking for the request and the original report to “truly” be considered independently.
“Because of the glaring deficiencies and flaws in that report, which extraordinarily prejudice the governor, ousted him from office, overturned an election, and disenfranchised the votes of 3.6 million New Yorkers, it has to be corrected,” Glavin said.
Glavin says when sexual harassment allegations came out against Cuomo in the spring, he sent a referral letter to the AG’s office, asking for an independent law firm to look into the accusations, claiming James’ oversight would pose a political conflict. They believe she had a motivation, and that more recent comments she’s made admit personal involvement.
“The attorney general did not abide by the terms of the referral which was meant to limit her involvement because she would not disavow an attempt to run for governor in 2022 against Gov. Cuomo who had already made clear he wanted to run,” Glavin said.
Glavin claims the AG chose biased investigators who left information out of the report.
“She had a motive to draw every possible inference against the governor who was a political rival and planned to run for a fourth term,” she said.
Glavin is also asking the AG’s office to terminate a pending criminal investigation into Cuomo for misuse of state resources, or refer it to a local district attorney’s office, claiming it’s another example of a political motive.
She also wants evidence materials used to conduct the August report handed over, which she says she has requested and has not gotten.
“That completely handicaps our ability to respond or defend against it,” she said.
A spokesperson for the AG’s office responded to the former governor’s attorney.
“Another day, another baseless attack by the former governor who resigned so he didn’t have to participate in an impeachment hearing. The most concerning part of today’s charade was the former governor’s attempt to stifle a legal criminal investigation into allegations that he used state resources for a book deal and personal profit. This is not the Moreland Commission, and we will not be bullied into shutting down this investigation like the former governor did with that commission,” the spokesperson said.
