{"id":284800,"date":"2021-03-22T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=284800"},"modified":"2021-03-22T18:46:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:46:13","slug":"lawyer-for-cuomo-accusers-says-the-n-y-gov-is-interfering-in-ag-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyer-for-cuomo-accusers-says-the-n-y-gov-is-interfering-in-ag-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer for Cuomo accusers says the N.Y. Gov. is interfering in AG probe"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flawyer-for-cuomo-accusers-says-the-n-y-gov-is-interfering-in-ag-probe%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=284800&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--><div id=\"attachment_2390503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2390503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at Grace Baptist Church, a new pop-up vaccination site, in Mt. Vernon, New York, on March 22, 2021. (Photo by SETH WENIG\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:30 PM PT \u2013 Monday, March 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now been accused of interfering with the state attorney general\u2019s investigation. On Monday, Attorney Debra Katz, who currently represents Cuomo\u2019s second accuser, said the governor\u2019s office had lawyers meet with staffers before they were interviewed by the AG.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2390502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2390502\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2390502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2793.jpeg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Attorney Debra Katz, lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, attends the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee with his client in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2793.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2794.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2795.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2796.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2390502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Debra Katz. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She added, attorneys \u201cdebriefed\u201d employees after the interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the governor is doing is classic \u2018intimidation of witnesses 101,&#8217;\u201d Katz stated. \u201cTrying to know what witnesses are telling investigators after their interviews or asking to come along is clearly designed to chill people\u2019s willingness to speak to investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The investigators are thorough and have made clear that they will follow all appropriate leads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mcK8FtI4hW\">https:\/\/t.co\/mcK8FtI4hW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Debra Katz (@DebraKatzKMB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebraKatzKMB\/status\/1372948244288974854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, Cuomo\u2019s senior aides claim the governor\u2019s office is doing its own probe into the sexual harassment allegations. However, the New York AG said it did not direct Cuomo\u2019s office to conduct the so-called \u201cparallel investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/new-york-city-high-schools-reopen-for-in-person-instruction\/\">New York City High Schools Reopen For In-Person Instruction<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at Grace Baptist Church, a new pop-up vaccination site, in Mt. Vernon, New York, on March 22, 2021. (Photo by SETH WENIG\/POOL\/AFP via Getty &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310957,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2793.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Lawyer for Cuomo accusers says the N.Y. 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