{"id":54519,"date":"2021-03-01T16:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54519"},"modified":"2021-03-02T14:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:58:41","slug":"nys-attorney-general-takes-over-cuomo-sex-abuse-crime-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54519","title":{"rendered":"NYS Attorney General Takes Over Cuomo Sexual Misconduct Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuomo acquiesces to demand that Attorney General Letitia James control inquiry<\/h1>\n

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Top Democrats called on investigative power to be granted to James<\/h3>\n

Edmund DeMarche By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News<\/p>\n

New York state Attorney General\u00a0Letitia James<\/a>, who in January\u00a0released a report that claimed\u00a0Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>‘s administration dramatically undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state, will have full control over the sexual harassment inquiry that threatens his administration.<\/p>\n

James said Sunday that she expected\u00a0to be granted a referral that would give her office subpoena power and allow her to deputize an outside law firm for\u00a0“a rigorous and independent investigation.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Sens. Chuck Schumer and\u00a0Kristen Gillibrand,<\/a> both Democrats from New York, called for the\u00a0investigative power to be granted to James “so that she can conduct a transparent and thorough investigation with subpoena power.”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Democrat & Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0reported that Cuomo \u2014 at first \u2014 wanted to refer the issue to Barbara Jones, a former U.S. district judge, who worked with one of his former advisers.<\/p>\n

After that idea was rejected, the paper\u00a0reported that Cuomo wanted James to work with a judge that he appointed to help\u00a0select an appropriate independent attorney to look into the matter.<\/p>\n

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