{"id":54532,"date":"2021-03-01T17:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54532"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:22:22","slug":"cuomo-compelled-to-lawyer-up-with-criminal-defense-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54532","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo Compelled to Lawyer Up with Criminal Defense Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cuomo Hires Criminal Defense Attorney, Avoids Public As Scandals Mount<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1525ET):<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<em>WSJ\u00a0<\/em>was incorrect in claiming Abramowitz was representing Cuomo&#8217;s office for his sexual harassment scandal, telling\u00a0<em>Bloomberg<\/em>\u00a0that he&#8217;s only representing the nursing home scandal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My firm and I are representing the Executive Chamber on the Nursing Home matter. We have not been retained on the sexual harassment matter,&#8221; he said in an email.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s administration has\u00a0<strong>retained a prominent white-collar defense attorney<\/strong>\u00a0following allegations of\u00a0<strong>sexual harassment and Justice Department inquiries over COVID-19 nursing home deaths<\/strong>, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuomo-administration-hires-criminal-defense-lawyer-11614627457\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/cuomo%201c.jpg?itok=f2oBhTxx\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/cuomo%201c.jpg?itok=f2oBhTxx\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/cuomo%201c.jpg?itok=f2oBhTxx\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"293277aa-10ae-41ae-ac4f-f4fc2fbd7555\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attorney Elkan Abramowitz &#8211; a former federal prosecutor &#8211; confirmed with the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>\u00a0that he is now representing Cuomo&#8217;s &#8216;executive chamber&#8217;, which includes the governor and his closes aides. Abramowitz is dealing with both scandals<em>\u00a0<\/em>as New York Attorney General Letitia James joins the DOJ in investigating the embattled New York bigwig.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/james_0.jpg?itok=uNrC06Dg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"910f823e-c023-472a-8600-3560b014c07f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>New York Attorney General Letitia James (Photo: Peter Foley, Bloomberg)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p><em>The Democratic governor faces an investigation overseen by State Attorney General Letitia James into whether he sexually harassed women who previously worked in his administration. Mr. Cuomo acknowledged he had sometimes been overly personal while interacting with staff and\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-push-for-new-york-attorney-general-review-of-accusations-against-cuomo-11614523852?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said he was sorry<\/a>\u00a0if anyone mistook it for unwanted flirtation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1366366102494859266&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fcuomo-hires-criminal-defense-attorney-avoids-public-scandals-mount&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1366366102494859266\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>Two women have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment ranging from inappropriate questions, to touching, to forcibly kissing. One accuser says Cuomo clearly wanted to sleep with her.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/governor-wanted-sleep-me-cuomo-accused-sexually-harassing-second-former-aide\">Cuomo denied<\/a>\u00a0forcibly kissing former aide Lindsey Boylan, who said the governor would also go out of his way to touch her &#8220;on my lower back, arms and legs.&#8221; He did, however, seemingly admit to using inappropriate language.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo also said last week that the state is cooperating with\u00a0<strong>three inquiries from the US Attorney&#8217;s Office in the Eastern District of New York<\/strong>\u00a0located in Brooklyn, as well as the DOJ&#8217;s Civil Rights and Civil divisions based in Washington. Brooklyn prosecutors have requested data on the number of people who died in New York nursing homes during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>the governor has stepped out of the public spotlight<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; last making a televised pandemic briefing on Feb. 19, while his public schedule remains empty according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-02-28\/new-york-ag-says-she-s-ready-to-oversee-cuomo-harassment-probe?sref=6uww027M\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Cuomo\u2019s uncharacteristic silence comes a day after he agreed to an independent probe by a special investigator after a second former aide accused him of sexual harassment. Cuomo stopped short of having\u00a0<a title=\"Company Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quote\/STONY1:US\">New York<\/a>\u00a0Attorney General Letitia James lead the probe, a move championed by dozens of other lawmakers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>On Monday, state Senator Todd Kaminsky introduced a bill that would allow the attorney general to conduct a criminal investigation without a referral from the governor, a move he said would strengthen independent oversight of the governor and other state officials.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Clearly where the governor is involved there is a conflict,&#8221; said Kaminsky.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf told\u00a0<em>Bloomberg<\/em>: &#8220;The problem is he\u2019s being squeezed on the left and the right, and if there are more accusations of sexual harassment or governmental incompetence or corruption, he\u2019s going to have a very difficult time surviving,&#8221; adding &#8220;<strong>He has very few friends.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cuomo-hires-criminal-defense-attorney-avoids-public-scandals-mount\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cuomo-hires-criminal-defense-attorney-avoids-public-scandals-mount<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuomo Hires Criminal Defense Attorney, Avoids Public As Scandals Mount<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}