Andrew Cuomo probe finds ‘overwhelming evidence’ of misconduct

An investigation linked to Andrew Cuomo and his alleged acts of sexual harassment found that there was “overwhelming evidence” against the former New York Governor. The probe also found that the Democratic politician instructed state workers to help produce a book he was writing during working hours.

The report, which was published by a law firm hired by a US Judiciary Committee, suggested that Cuomo “substantially revised” a report containing data of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

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Davis Polk & Wardwell, the law firm conducting the probe, said that Cuomo’s previous vows of not using state resources to produce his books did not seem to be true as evidence against the claims had been discovered. It said staff spent copious amounts of time on the project, according to reports from Associated Press.

The reports, citing statements from senior state officials, said the tasks given were the book-related tasks were passed on by superior officers and were not voluntary in nature.

Another complaint added that “that work on the book was compromising the official’s ability to work on COVID-related matters”, according to reports from Associated Press.

The task, which were assigned to state officials on workdays, included work like dictations, delivering documents, printing, attending meetings, publishers and transcribing.

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One senior state official sent and received 1,000 emails about the book, the report said. The report did not name the official, but included details identifying her as his former top aide, Melissa DeRosa.

On the sexual harassment allegations, Richard Azzopardi– the spokesperson of the former New York Governor– said the Assembly had relied too much on information gathered during a “politically biased” investigation overseen by the attorney general, Letitia James, who is now running for governor, according to reports from Associated Press.