Sexual Misconduct Allegations Surface Against Potential Biden Attorney
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Sexual misconduct allegations were alleged against New York Democrat
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday, a development that comes alongside
news that Joe Biden reportedly considered Cuomo to be attorney general.
The allegations against Cuomo were made by one of his former advisers, progressive activist Lindsey Boylan. Boylan made the allegation on
Twitter in a series of tweets on her experience with sexual harassment.
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and
watched,” she said. “I could never anticipate what to expect: would I
be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks.
Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for
years.”
“Not knowing what to expect what’s the most upsetting part aside from
knowing that no one would do a damn thing even when they saw it. No
one. And I *know* I am not the only woman,” she continued. “I’m angry
to be put in this situation at all. That because I am a woman, I can
work hard my whole life to better myself and help others and yet still
fall victim as countless women over generations have. Mostly silently.
I hate that some men, like @NYGovCuomo abuse their power.”
The news comes as Biden has reportedly eyed Cuomo as a pick to be his
attorney general, according to multiple news organizations.
“Cuomo has been asked in recent weeks about his interest in the
attorney general spot,” The Associated Press reported. “Just this week,
he said in a public radio interview in New York, ‘I have no intention
to run for president or vice president, or go to the administration.’
But he said the attorney general job ‘is really critical, especially
now.'”
Biden’s consideration of Cuomo for attorney general comes as his son
Hunter is under federal criminal investigation over his foreign
business dealings and his taxes. Biden’s brother is also reportedly
caught up, to some extent, in a federal criminal investigation
involving a healthcare company.
News that Biden is reportedly considering Cuomo for attorney general
raised alarms with critics who brought up how Cuomo “hobbled” a
commission, called the Moreland Commission, to weed out corruption in
New York politics.
The New York Times reported:
A three-month examination by The New York Times found that the
governor’s office deeply compromised the panel’s work, objecting
whenever the commission focused on groups with ties to Mr. Cuomo or on
issues that might reflect poorly on him.
Ultimately, Mr. Cuomo abruptly disbanded the commission halfway through
what he had indicated would be an 18-month life. And now, as the
Democratic governor seeks a second term in November, federal
prosecutors are investigating the roles of Mr. Cuomo and his aides in
the panel’s shutdown and are pursuing its unfinished business.
Before its demise, Mr. Cuomo’s aides repeatedly pressured the
commission, many of whose members and staff thought they had been given
a once-in-a-career chance at cleaning up Albany. As a result, the
panel’s brief existence — and the writing and editing of its sole
creation, a report of its preliminary findings — was marred by
infighting, arguments and accusations. Things got so bad that
investigators believed a Cuomo appointee was monitoring their
communications without their knowledge. Resignations further crippled
the commission. In the end, the governor got the Legislature to agree
to a package of ethics reforms far less ambitious than those the
commission had recommended — a result Mr. Cuomo hailed as proof of the
panel’s success.
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Joe Biden went from stealing someone’s wife, to stealing speeches, to
stealing money, to stealing an election.
He has really grown as a politician.
-- Michael Moore
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