• 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.

    --
    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
    #StopTheSteal

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