USA Andrew Cuomo, the hero who became a villain
The New York Attorney General's Office said Tuesday that the governor of the state, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, sexually harassed several employees and former employees, created a "hostile work climate" and retaliated against at least one of them.
The prosecutor, Letitia James, offered at a press conference the findings of a five-month investigation into various allegations of harassment and noted that 179 people have been interviewed and obtained
74,000 pieces of evidence,
including documents, emails, messages and photos, which "reveal a disturbing image, but clear. "
The governor violated "state and federal laws" by "sexually harassing multiple women, many of them young, with
unwanted
touching, kissing, hugging
and inappropriate comments" between 2013 and 2020, the prosecutor said, citing independent investigators. for inquiries.
The investigation shows a "conduct that corrodes every fabric and character of our state government, and sheds light on the injustice that can be present at the highest levels of government," he added.
James considered that the work of the Prosecutor's Office in this matter has concluded with the publication of the 165-page document, but pointed out that the door is open to "the government, the (state) Assembly and the general public," as well as to women. involved who could "decide whether to take civil action."
Cuomo, whose popularity as a leader in New York's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has
plummeted
in recent months, is under great scrutiny and faces several investigations that have in common to determine whether he has abused his powers while in office.
One of the independent investigators, Joon Kim, a former prosecutor, stated in today's event that Cuomo's actions
"were not isolated incidents, but part of a pattern"
of behavior that was not limited to his own staff, but also extended to a State agent offering protection services to him.
In all, there are eleven whistleblowers whose allegations are described in great detail, nine of them former or former state employees, and "all of them found
the governor's behavior
disturbing, humiliating,
uncomfortable and inappropriate", either in a meeting or repeatedly.
On the other hand, the report concludes that the executive chamber violated its own internal policies by responding to these allegations of sexual harassment, and incurred retaliation with one of the women who decided to make them public.
The work "culture" there was marked "by
bullying, fear and intimidation,
on the one hand, and on the other by the normalization of frequent flirting and gender-based comments by the governor," which "created the conditions that allowed sexual harassment and retaliation to persist.
Cuomo has participated in the investigation and answered questions under oath, admitting some allegations and denying the most serious, in any case offering total denials or assuring that he did not remember specific details of the incidents, according to the investigators.
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