{"id":1187166,"date":"2022-01-04T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187166"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:20:28","slug":"we-cannot-meet-our-burden-at-trial-albany-da-wont-prosecute-andrew-cuomo-for-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-cannot-meet-our-burden-at-trial-albany-da-wont-prosecute-andrew-cuomo-for-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Cannot Meet Our Burden At Trial\u2019: Albany DA Won\u2019t Prosecute Andrew Cuomo For Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-cannot-meet-our-burden-at-trial-albany-da-wont-prosecute-andrew-cuomo-for-sexual-harassment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Albany District Attorney David Soares announced Tuesday that despite being \u201cdeeply troubled\u201d by workplace sexual harassment allegations like those leveled against former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, his office would not be criminally prosecuting <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/making-deals-with-the-devil-janice-dean-rips-manhattan-da-for-closing-investigation-into-cuomo-nursing-home-deaths\/\">Cuomo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidSoaresNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavidSoaresNY<\/a>\u2069<\/p>\n<p>\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewcuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrewcuomo<\/a>\u2069 will not be criminally prosecuted <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LYay7ECaf\">pic.twitter.com\/3LYay7ECaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1478400990214860807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Albany County DA\u2019s Office released a full statement on the matter:<\/p>\n<p><em>Albany County District Attorney David Soares announced today that a thorough and independent review of the investigation into the allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo has concluded.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile many have an opinion regarding the allegations against the former Governor, the Albany County DA\u2019s Office is the only one who has a burden to prove the elements of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, after review of all the available evidence we have concluded that we cannot meet our burden at trial. As such we have notified the Court that we are declining to prosecute this matter and requesting the charges filed by the Albany County Sheriff be dismissed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI, like most New Yorkers, remain deeply troubled by allegations like the ones at issue here. Such conduct has no place in government or in any workplace. Although avenues for criminal prosecution in these cases are sometimes limited, I encourage victims of workplace harassment and abuse to continue to come forward and bring these issues to light so that these important discussions can continued,\u201d commented District Attorney Soares.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The decision to discontinue criminal prosecution is unrelated to any possible civil liability, which is beyond the scope of a District Attorney\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Soares did draw a distinction between criminal prosecution and civil prosecution, noting that it was beyond his office\u2019s jurisdiction to make a determination regarding potential civil cases against the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just days after it was announced that the probe into Cuomo\u2019s actions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 particularly with regard to nursing home policies that allowed COVID-19 positive patients to be admitted \u2014 had ended, and the former governor would not be prosecuted in that matter either.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A lawyer for the administration of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a probe into its handling of Covid-19 in nursing homes has ended <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ehyazJgWrp\">https:\/\/t.co\/ehyazJgWrp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJ\/status\/1478150459961532421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=325287&amp;action=edit\">Janice Dean<\/a>, who lost both her mother-in-law and father-in-law to COVID-19 in New York nursing homes, immediately suggested that Cuomo had made \u201cdeals\u201d to keep himself out of prison.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018Making Deals With The Devil\u2019: Janice Dean Rips Manhattan DA For Closing Investigation Into Cuomo, Nursing Home Deaths <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3dYovfZ4d\">https:\/\/t.co\/C3dYovfZ4d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haLEmufUmZ\">pic.twitter.com\/haLEmufUmZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1478392933766287364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso worth mentioning and deserves attention: It was Cuomo\u2019s lawyer (and then his henchmen Rich Azzopardi) who announced the Manhattan DA\u2019s nursing home probe was over. Not the DA\u2019s office under @AlvinBraggNYC&nbsp;who still has \u2018no comment,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaniceDean\/status\/1478397536239030281\">Dean noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrew Cuomo made lots of deals before he left office. He still has bags of money and leftover power to burn,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaniceDean\/status\/1478405944816160771\">she said<\/a>. \u201c\u2026not to mention very weak lawmakers who have no spine or moral compass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere a list of all the DA\u2019s (so far) that have been dropping cases against Andrew Cuomo despite \u201ccredible\u201d and \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d evidence: @WestchesterDA,&nbsp;@NassauDA,&nbsp;@AlvinBraggNYC,&nbsp;@DavidSoaresNY,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaniceDean\/status\/1478419409475719170\">she added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany District Attorney David Soares announced Tuesday that despite being \u201cdeeply troubled\u201d by workplace sexual harassment allegations like those leveled against former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, his office would not be criminally prosecuting Cuomo. Statement from \u2066@DavidSoaresNY\u2069 \u2066@andrewcuomo\u2069 will not be criminally prosecuted pic.twitter.com\/3LYay7ECaf \u2014 Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) January 4, 2022 The Albany &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}