Current Cuomo aide Alyssa McGrath accuses governor of sexual harassment

[jimnyc]

Where does this all end? Hopefully it gets the investigation these women deserve.

Will they pan out? Will any amount of accusations have Cuomo resign?

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Current Cuomo aide Alyssa McGrath accuses governor of sexual harassment

McGrath is the eighth woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual misconduct

A current aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accused the embattled governor Friday of making suggestive remarks and engaging in other forms of alleged harassment, marking the latest allegation in a widening scandal that threatens to oust Cuomo from office.

The aide, identified as Alyssa McGrath, described several instances of alleged inappropriate behavior in an interview with the New York Times. She said Cuomo commented on her looks and ogled her body in the workplace.

Eight women, including current and former aides, have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment or misconduct. One woman, another current aide who has not been publicly identified, accused Cuomo of groping her during an encounter at the governor’s mansion. The unnamed aide’s allegation was first reported by the Albany Times-Union.

McGrath, 33, said the unnamed aide described her alleged encounter with Cuomo in detail after the Times-Union’s report was published. McGrath said the aide told her that Cuomo asked her not to discuss the incident because the two were acquainted.

"He told her specifically not to tell me," McGrath told the New York Times.

McGrath alleged that Cuomo often pitted female coworkers against each other in the workplace. She described a series of uncomfortable interactions with the governor, some of which involved the coworker who has accused Cuomo of groping her.

McGrath’s claims matched those of other staffers who have accused Cuomo of fostering an uncomfortable or demeaning workplace environment for women.

"He has a way of making you feel very comfortable around him, almost like you’re his friend," McGrath told the newspaper. "But then you walk away from the encounter or conversation, in your head going, ‘I can’t believe I just had that interaction with the governor of New York.’"

Rest - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/current-cuomo-aide-alyssa-mcgrath-accuses-governor-of-sexual-harassment

[Gunny]

Apparently Cuomo's real or imagined inappropriate behavior is more worthy of attention from the MSM than the number of people who died due to his inept leadership :rolleyes:

[jimnyc]

Goes on and on and on....

And will any of these investigations be legitimate?

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Investigations into Cuomo heat up as new controversies arise in their wake

(CNN)After stiff-arming calls for his resignation from leading state Democratic lawmakers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is staking his political fate on the outcome of a pair of independent investigations into allegations he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward several women.

The first probe, launched by New York Attorney General Letitia James, appears to be moving forward apace, led by a pair of attorneys whose selection was cheered by victims' rights advocates and the governor's most ardent critics. Another, which will be conducted by outside counsel hired by Democrats in the state Assembly, has gotten off to a rockier start, beset by questions over a potential conflict of interest related to a former partner in the investigators' law firm.

Cuomo has not commented about either investigation, except to ask for the public to wait for their conclusions before passing judgment on him -- and, by extension, whether he should go forward in the job he's commanded for more than a decade.

Behind the scenes, though, Cuomo and senior officials from his office are dug in for what many expect to be a drawn-out fight on multiple fronts. Federal investigators are, in a separate matter, also now examining the governor's handling of nursing homes and data related to deaths among their residents during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in New York, an issue that could also get swept up in the Assembly's work. Though that inquiry could hold the steepest legal ramifications, the probes into allegations of sexual misconduct by Cuomo have captured more attention.

Lawyers for both investigations enter the ring with a depth of experience in politically fraught probes -- one of them, retained by the attorney general, has previously investigated Cuomo over an unrelated scandal and another, hired by the Assembly, worked on then-special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of former President Donald Trump.

An offer by the governor

Joon Kim, who has come face-to-face with Cuomo before, and Anne L. Clark are now in their second week of interviews and have already spoken to a number of accusers.

A former federal prosecutor, Kim ran the high-powered US attorney's office in New York's Southern District during parts of 2017 and 2018, including during its prosecution of one of Cuomo's top aides and close friends, Joseph Percoco, who was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges.

Rest - https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/20/politics/cuomo-investigations-joon-kim-anne-clark/index.html