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NYAG Investigation Concludes Andrew Cuomo Committed Multiple Sexual Harassment Violations

How is this guy still around?

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New York Attorney General Letitia James was asked by the Cuomo administration to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the governor. In turn, she deputized Cleary’s Joon Kim and Anne Clark from Vladeck, Raskin & Clark to dig into the allegations. Today, the AG’s office released a 165-page (some people call it a 168-page report… but I don’t count the table of contents because who does that?), detailed report outlining stories of harassment from 11 complainants, evidence of retaliation efforts against one of the victims, and ample proof of a hostile work environment.

Upon completion of our independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment brought against Governor Andrew Cuomo and the surrounding circumstances, we have reached the conclusion that the Governor sexually harassed a number of State employees through unwelcome and unwanted touching, as well as by making numerous offensive and sexually suggestive comments. We find that such conduct was part of a pattern of behavior that extended to his interactions with others outside of State government.

We also find the Executive Chamber’s response to allegations of sexual harassment violated its internal policies and that the Executive Chamber’s response to one complainant’s allegations constituted unlawful retaliation. In addition, we conclude that the culture of fear and intimidation, the normalization of inappropriate comments and interactions, and the poor enforcement of the policies and safeguards, contributed to the sexual harassment, retaliation, and an overall hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber.

The report concludes that multiple federal and state violations were committed.

An impeachment investigation is ongoing and sure to get a jolt from this report.

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