'No one is above the law': Albany DA says he'll use AG report in CRIMINAL investigation into Cuomo as NY Dems plot to IMPEACH and de Blasio says it's 'beyond clear' he can no longer serve
The Albany District Attorney said on Tuesday he would use the NY Attorney General's report in Andrew Cuomo in an ongoing criminal investigation into the embattled governor as New York State Democrats plotted to impeach him.
The Albany District Attorney said on Tuesday he would use the NY Attorney General's report in Andrew Cuomo in an ongoing criminal investigation into the embattled governor as New York State Democrats plotted to impeach him.
Cuomo, who denies the allegations in the report, has vowed to fight them and is refusing to step down.
Now some of the most senior Democrats in the New York Legislature are planning to draw up articles to impeach him.
'Governor Cuomo must resign. The Attorney General's report leaves no room for any other acceptable course.
'It confirms that federal and state laws were broken. 11 women is 11 too many,' Senator Liz Krueger, one of the most senior Democrats in New York's Senate, tweeted.
AG Letitia James did not weigh any criminal charges against Cuomo but Albany DA David Soares has launched an investigation and is asking women to come forward.
'We will be formally requesting investigative materials obtained by the AG's Office and we welcome any victim to contact our office with additional information.
'As this matter is developing and we are reviewing the document released by the AG today, we will refrain from any additional public comment at this time regarding the status of the ongoing criminal investigation by our office,' he tweeted in a statement.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that if Cuomo continues to resist calls to step down, he must be impeached.
'It is beyond clear that Andrew Cuomo is not fit to hold office and can no longer serve as Governor.
'He must resign, and if he continues to resist and attack the investigators who did their jobs, he should be impeached immediately.'
In his address, Cuomo he said he is a 'warm' person who sometimes 'slips' and calls women who work for him 'sweetheart and darling', but insisting he has never been predatory or physical in his interactions with staffers.
His attorney has also released an 85-page rebuttal to the report which she says she will continue to update.
'Even on a quick first review, it is clear that the report purposefully omits key evidence,' said Cuomo's attorney Rita M. Glavin.
In his televised address, Cuomo used a slideshow of images of him hugging and kissing people throughout his life to demonstrate what he described as an affectionate and tactile personality, that he says the women have confused for a sexual predator.